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  • Slave insurrection in New York...
    Slave insurrection in New York...
    Item #676470
    THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, August, 1741

    * New York Conspiracy of 1741
    * Slaves - Slavery insurrection

    Within this issue is an article: "Of the Office of Auditor of the Revenue in America" which includes: "I am a native of New England & having read in your paper...The state of importance of the American colonies is so... Read full description  
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  • A plot to murder the King of England...
    A plot to murder the King of England...
    Item #705627
    THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, May 30, 1692  The back page has a report beginning: "There is lately discovered a conspiracy against the King's person, first carried on by the Chevalier de Grandval, a captain of a troop of dragoons in the French service..." with details on the attempt to murder the King of England.
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  • Edmund Halley (23 years old)... Significant issue on the Popish Plot...
    Edmund Halley (23 years old)... Significant issue on the Popish Plot...
    Item #702887
    THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, April 10, 1679 

    * Early mention of Edmund Halley (he was only 23 years old)
    * Popish Plot (to kill King Charles II)
     
    The back page has not one but two items concerning the Popish Plot in England, a contrived conspiracy to accuse Catholic leaders of plotting to kill King... Read full description  
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  • Earliest ad for a publication on an American crime?
    Earliest ad for a publication on an American crime?
    Item #705714

    THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, June 5, 1673  A very interesting issue as the bottom of the back page has an advertisement for the publishing of a pamphlet titled "Mr. Baxter Baptized in Blood..." with further details noting: "...containing a horrible murther [murder] committed by four Anabaptists upon the person... Read full description  

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  • Earliest ad for a publication on an American crime?
    Earliest ad for a publication on an American crime?
    Item #705720
    THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, June 2, 1673  A very interesting issue as the bottom of the back page has an advertisement for the publishing of a pamphlet titled "Mr. Baxter Baptized in Blood..." with further details noting: "...containing a horrible murther [murder] committed by four Anabaptists upon the person... Read full description  
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  • The king creates codes for rebuilding London after the Great Fire...
    The king creates codes for rebuilding London after the Great Fire...
    Item #698983
    THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, September 17, 1666

    * Among the earliest of newspapers to be had
    * The Great London Fire disaster
    * Charles II of England creates safety codes

     Certainly one of the more notable events in London history was the Great Fire which began on September 2. Very shortly thereafter, in an... Read full description  
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