Dublin Authorities Prevent the Corruption of Youth, 1755
“IRELAND. Dublin, March 1. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, went to several of the Billiard Tables of this City, broke them down, and then burnt them before the Doors. The Attention of our Magistrates ...
Firemen at Work in New York Harbor (1759)
“New-York, January 29 [1759]. . . . On Tuesday last, about 10 o'Clock in the Morning, a Fire broke out on the Ship Nancy, Capt. Hamilton, then lying at Cruger's Wharff, deep loaded with Flaxseed, and almost ready to sail ...
