31 Aug 1737
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 31, 1737
Page
1
A long scolding letter attacks a Bridge Lottery scheme and the naked truth about ticket values. It discusses 28s per ticket for 435 chances and warns buyers they may lose money while others profit. The piece mocks impostors and cites a famed urban Don laughing at the plan and 10,000-pound prizes.
Letter from Holland delivers a condensed public note on the Octakow事件 as relayed by Petersbourg authorities. It ends with the prisoner list naming Saghia Seraskier Bafbaw of three tails, Mustapha Bacha son-in-law of the late Grand Vizir, Zakow Bathaw of two tails, and Afman Bey chief.
A list of ships and captains docking or departing ports including Gill and Hana sailing to New York and Madera, several vessels bound for ports such as Lisbon and New England, and arrivals like the Sarah and Eliza from Antigua and the Matilda Hanway from Lifton with multiple other ships from Leghorn Vigo Cadiz Maryland and Amsterdam.
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