| Evidence: | 'This day I saw in the "Lewes Journal", which was an extract from "The Gazette", that our troops under the command of the Duke of Marlborough had landed at St Malo in the province of Brittany (in France) and had burnt and otherwise destroyed 137 vessels of all denominations...' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 19 Jun 1758 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: East Hoathly county: Sussex |
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| Reader: | Thomas Turner |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 9 Jun 1729 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | shopkeeper |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | Sussex Weekly Advertiser, or Lewes Journal |
| Genre: | Politics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 6377 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Turner | |
| Editor: | David Vaisey | |
| Title: | The Diary of Thomas Turner | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1984 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 153-154 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Turner, David Vaisey (ed.), The Diary of Thomas Turner (Oxford, 1984), p. 153-154, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6377, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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