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==== One last, subtle point (important for interpretation) ====

The title:

: BEING Historical and Political Observations on the Transactions of Europe…

combined with dual dating tells you something else:

This is retrospective commentary, not breaking news.

It is:
* reflective
* interpretative
* consciously framing events after the immediate crisis

Which loops neatly back to your earlier question about propaganda.

This is the moment when governments stop shouting
and start writing the story.

If you want, next we can:
* re-date your entire Liverpool/Preston sequence into modern dates
* check which executions happened before vs after Feb 1716
* or flag where historians often trip over this exact issue

You’re navigating one of the trickiest chronological swamps in British history — and doing it very well.