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General Evening Post in London, Middlesex

29 Apr 1775

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General Evening Post

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London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Apr 29, 1775

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Epidemic Distemper Affects London Capital

From the London Gazette dated May 1 the Napves distemper has caused many deaths in the capital over the last fortnight. It is a putrid fever affecting head and stomach, contagious yet not more violent than similar fevers. Some cases cured with Dr Pawee remedies. In St James's April 29 the King appoints Thomas Fothergill D D to the Fifth Prebend of Durham Cathedral, vacant after Dr John Moore moved to Bangor.

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Pawee St. James’s Thomas Fothergill His Majesty Chatham Sheerness Portsmouth Torbay Johnston 1St Regiment of Horse Ireland Brisol Newenham Noriday Lafta Bagshot Old Bailey Thomas Tunks John Hines Richard Jackson Stepney Jackson Kent William Hackney Axton John Parkinson Chelsea Middlesex Sessions House Perreaus Moorfelds Hicks’s Hall John Taylor James Nimmy William Hatchman Newgate John Morris Joseph Hawes Abraham Isaacs Arthur Levi John Leroffe Joseph Ephraims Tho Hatchman Moses Rebus Patrick Madan Edward Oliver Fen¢ Tox Edward Cooke Hicks Essex Stanhope-street George Anton Eid Fils Hou Ware Kid Hone Epping Forest Lee K Q East-India Company Moore Me. Moore Upper Carlotte-Breet Rathbone-place Yesoterday Queen-street Go'dens Square Francis Barfanti Barfanti Covent-garden Brand Long-acre Tross Maker Greenwich Hospital Beautinekee Street Soho Hig Fds Thomas Barrett
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Select Committee Probes Cornwall Borough Election Bribery

In London the Select Committee on the Samuel Stephens petition met to determine alleged undue election in St Ives Cornwall. Witnesses claim poor relief officials paid eight voters twenty guineas each at Treveddo for votes to Praed and Drummond, with some recipients receiving money and meals while others, measured against parish ratings, were given only meals.

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Samuel Stephens Sc. Ives Williams Treveddo Praed William Praed Praed the Elder Robinson John Molesworth Stephens Drummond Harry Kir. Lee Macdonald Duke of Bolton
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Suicide and death note from Worcester report

In Worcester on Friday a servant girl drowned herself in the Severn near Digby after claiming ill treatment by a courting man. She told a sister she would not live long and asked for money she needed before her death.

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Woresster Severn Digby Bath Parks Maggs Baker
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Arrivals and sailings from multiple ports listed in April notices

The report lists many ships departing from and arriving at ports such as Dublin, Maryland, Groningen, Dunkirk, Hamburg, Bristol, London, and more. Notable vessels include the Swift, Lance, Three Brothers, Britannia Yacht, and Hanover Planter with various origins like Bristol, Hamburg, and London. Several ships’ sailings reference dates in late April and ongoing movement through ports including Madeira, Cowes, Portsmouth, Jamaica, Cork, Dover, and Lisbon.

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Dear S.E Thornton Gray Maryland Linenhall Randall Dublin Swift Lance Wind E Gravesean London Wigmore Dunkirk Barclay Fortune Mahler Hawke Newby Hamburgh Spigot Wilhelmina Hanson Hope Mellth Groningen Mellith Norden Cowers Delphaven Madeira Brilliant Twine Bristol Cowes Friendship Erskine South Carolina Portsmouth Lloyd Liddle Rotterdam Jamaica Henderson Waterford Polly Clements Kennedy Corke Marquis Rockingham Dudley St Abe's Wadman Lisbon Britannia Shaw Fortuna Johnnson Gettenburgh Dover Nelly Webster Oporto Mary Smith Sorfing Warrior Ottock Ann Isabella Moor Unity Loreing Chrifan Seagar Bremen Cormack Jane Thompson Lenéon Lifoon Pallas Turner Sibella Abbots Porteus Papley Lucretia Roberts Katy Greenough New England Philadelphia Chalkley Spain Pristol Africa Condantine Bennet St. Vincent's Hanover Harris Brisol
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