Kirkwall articles in London newspapers

• Reference:GB 241 D1/620
• Dates of Creation:1711-1794
• Language of Material:English
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  'The Post Boy' newspaper, containing item about Mr Sands, minister of Kirkwall, helping to steal sheep, 29 November 1711; 'The London Chronicle', containing item about new shoal off Graemsay and Prince William Henry's visit to Kirkwall aboard HMS 'Hebe', 9 August 1785; 'The London Chronicle', containing item about breaching of mill-dam at Papdale and ensuing flood, 28 October 1788; 'The Morning Post and Fashionable World', containing letter from James Riddoch, Collector, Kirkwall, regarding activities of a French frigate and cutter off Westray, 8 October 1794.

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