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SCOTLAND

... Edinburgh, Jan. 22. The Scarcity in the Weft Country is relieved by the Importation of a confiderable Quantity of Oatmeal and Potatoes, 50 Tons of the former arriving laft Week for the Ufe of the Inhabitants of Greenock ; but however favourable this was to ...

Published: Sat 07 Feb 1741
Newspaper: Ipswich Journal
County: Suffolk, England
Type: Article | Words: 114 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SCOTLAND

... Seconds; They met accordingly, when their Seconds', who had no Mind they fliould kill one ano- ther, chaig'd their Piftols with Potato-Balls well blacken'd, and then gave them to fire, which they did, and cne received two Balls in the Breaft, which threw him ...

Published: Thu 26 Nov 1741
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 115 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

EDI NBURGH, March 6

... March 5. Sailed the Helen, Ja. Ogiivie, for Boulogne. Arrived rhe Henry, John Scot, from Liverpool with Chefhire Cheefe and Potatoes^ aifo the Ship of Dickifon irom Holland. ...

Published: Fri 06 Mar 1741
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 437 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

IRELAND

... remember at leaf, fixty Harv efts, and there ne- I ver was fo plentiful a o rte in all that Time • the Earth is loaded ; 'Potatoes never fo many, or ever fo good; Wheat, fmall Barley, Rye pd Oats tp be wonder'd at ; Meadows never fo good ; Meal fold in ...

Published: Sat 15 Aug 1741
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 382 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

E D i N B U R G H, March 12

... March 7. Arrived the Bit fnr.g j Southampton, John Lifiie, from Lendon v;: Grain for Glafgow, and a Sloop from Liverpa with Potatoes and Meal. Sailed the John of Salt- coats, -- Wylie, for PvCterdam with Tobacc: and two Brigantines for Meal to the North ...

Published: Thu 12 Mar 1741
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 377 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

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... With ?? clear'd out, b^t by the Embargo are.ftdp'b?d\' • ?? t*.t i! . Lalt Weeka Fellow weuftjotht Grouidsab^ j to rob a Potatoe Garden 1 1 In digging for them bt ?? I of Rum, which he ?? that, next M.»rrjinfe he j was found dead on the .Spot; and upon- ...

Published: Sat 10 Jan 1741
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 386 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

IRELAND

... we are 1 an undone Nation. * Laft Year's Froft is felt more fevere here than in other * Countries, having deilroy'd the Potatoes (which are tiie ' chief Support of our Poor) in fuch a manner, that the * lame Quantity we ufed to buy for Two pence Half-penny ...

Published: Sat 07 Mar 1741
Newspaper: Ipswich Journal
County: Suffolk, England
Type: Article | Words: 439 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

A, Defcription of the Ifi and of Cuba

... are of no great Values for Example, a Sloop, of no more than 2co Piftoles Value, with a little Jerkt Beef, a few Yams and Potatoes, a Barrel of Powder, 2 or 300 lb. of old Iron for Shot, and mann'd by fuch infa- mous Scoundrels that fuch Places afford ...

Published: Tue 27 Oct 1741
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 484 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Extratlofa Letter from Petersburgh, dated Sept. 23

... Value, one of them is, fot Example, a Sloop of no mote than 2 do Piftoles Value, with a little jeiktßeef, a few Yams and Potatoes, one Barrel of Powder, a ox 300 Weight of old lion for Shot, and manned by the mod infamous Scoundrels that fit cli Places ...

Published: Sat 10 Oct 1741
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 654 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Extract of a Letter from the Hague, dated Aug. 11

... re- -6 member at ieaft: 60 Harttfts, and there never € was fo plentiful a one in ill that Time j the ; c Earth is loaded ; Potatoes never fo many, or c- * ver fo good ; Wheat, fmall Barley, Rye andj * Oats to be wonder'd at ; Meadows never fo; « good ; ...

Published: Tue 18 Aug 1741
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1038 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

F RIDAY's POS T

... Officers in Guile's Regiment, now embarking for I the Weft Indies, have thrown up their CommilTions. We hear of great Flcnty of Potatoes in Ireland, particularly at I Balimento, where 95 were found at the Root of one Stalk. ...

Published: Sat 26 Sep 1741
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 1030 | Page: 3 | Tags: none