18 Jan 1840
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 18, 1840
Page
1
OCR reads like a jumbled 1739 London sheet with diplomatic chatter, court appointments, lottery draws, charity collections, and parish notices. It lists governors for the Royal African Company, marriages, prize drawings, and an upcoming Middlesex turnpike vote, with parish relief sums and a Whitechapel election notice.
A partial OCR shows a dated maritime scene near Spithead and the Downs. Mentions Hodglong, Madox, Reincers of Wale, Fan, Deal, and East India interests aboard ships including the Chatham and Braganza. Weather wind northeast. Several ship names appear, but the fragmentary text limits full clarity on events or outcomes.
A damaged OCR fragment shows odd monetary lines with percents and lottery references. It mentions Exchequer Orders, per cent calculations, discount, and lottery tickers. Details are unreadable, but the snippet preserves a ledger style with numbers and fractional values.
A man walking on the north side of Lincoln's Inn Fields on a Saturday night was beaten by three unknowns who assumed he authored a satire titled the Satirists. He denies authoring any satire and offers to meet for private satisfaction or face public confrontation at Dick's Coffee-House, Temple Bar.
A silver watch with two cipher letters on its face and hour minute hands showing twelve hours. It was lost near Leatherfellerg Lane Hall Bishropsgate Street on Wednesday. A reward of a Guinea is offered by the watchmaker in Grace Alley Welllo Square for its return, with no questions asked.
An AX attorney in the city seeks a person named in the deed to A B at Cole's Tolies Hone near Birchin Lay by the Royal Exchange. The notice mentions an understanding of bench and chance deed within the legal practice.
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