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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Letter from London denies French involvement in Portsmouth fire, rumors of war with France or others, and ministry changes; no approach to Lord Chatham, Lord Northington's visit due to boredom; suggests rumors aim to foster discontent.
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"The fire at Portsmouth was probably the deed of some worthless workmen about the yard, not of the French. There is not the smallest appearance of a war with them, or any other power. All you have seen in the papers about a change in the ministry, is absolutely without foundation: No application has been, nor is intended to be, made to Lord Chatham: and Lord Northington came to town, purely because he was tired of the country. All these paragraphs are artfully published, to impress people at a distance, with a notion of the instability of our Councils, and are well calculated to keep up a spirit of discontent."
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London
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rumors of war and ministry change denied; fire attributed to workmen, not french.
Event Details
Fire at Portsmouth likely caused by local workmen, not French; no signs of war with France or others; newspaper reports of ministry change unfounded, no approach to Lord Chatham, Lord Northington visited town due to boredom; rumors published to suggest governmental instability and promote discontent.