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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 03, 1773
Page
4
A London citizen berates Bank of England tellers over miscounted money and refusals to accept certain coins. The letter cites instances of light pieces rejected, demands fair handling, and asserts that banks must take money they issue. The piece blends a critique of banking conduct with verse by Dr. Srirr lampooning wig culture.
The speaker laments modern doctors lacking the dignity of past physicians. He recalls Batson’s era, the grand wigs, and solemn dress that commanded awe. Modern practitioners appear mere fashionistas, with small coats and coy attitudes, while true medical virtue wanes. He urges adopting sensible dress over outward display to reflect intrinsic worth.
In the Geneva Evening Post fragment YX ZHEN Ste. Fx wanders the streets as paviors cry out God bless you Sir while laying aside their rammers near Pallmallensis.
Postscript notes Count Bentinck's court visit in London and a tradesman helps a distressed widow by exchanging light guineas for good ones. It recounts clerical fears of light money, passable under a new act, and a tale of a soldier in bad coin, a Vienna dispatch on General Laudon, Baltic tensions with Russia and Denmark, Swedish military preparations, and social notices from Chatham and York including executions, marriages, and civic news.
This Day was published for schools and private learners by E and C Dilly. New Pocket Dictionary editions and a list of English and Welsh markets are offered. Also advertised: Nugent's Pocket-Dictionary, Entick’s Spelling Book, Stackhouse Greek Grammar, Entick Latin Dictionary, Ath’s English Grammar, and Stretch’s Beauties of History, with prices and binding details.
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