06 Nov 1741
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 06, 1741
Page
1
A reader denounces a recent Hague-Letters piece as forged and misused to smear merchants and national trade. He urges public exposure of the offending author, condemning slander that harms honest merchants and risks emboldening rivals amid wartime commerce.
Reports from Paris dated November 11 describe the Prince de Campo Florida receiving a courier with news of an engagement between Admiral Navarre and an English ironclad, with Navarre gaining advantage as English ships went down. Jamaica letters note Admiral Vernon’s descent on Cuba caused fires but no decisive action due to exhausted troops and sailors.
Evening performances at Theatre Royal Drury Lane and Goodman’s Fields with Love for Love and The Orphan plus The Honest Yorkshireman. London stock quotes show various annuities, bank circulations, and government issues. Electors of Westminster plan a monthly meeting at Lebeck’s Head Tavern to sign a petition to Parliament for independence and rights of Englishmen.
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