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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 03, 1775
Page
4
A Manchester letter reports a local gentlemen’s society proposing a loyal address to the king and vowing to raise a regiment of able men to defend the realm if Spain invades. The note laments England’s debts and taxes, warning against national weakness and urging readiness to oppose alleged American causes.
Fragmented Postscript reports damage from a July 43 event in Mapaia and notes on relief, with many cattle and people perished. It records a parliamentary note about import exemptions ending and mentions King Louis and ministers Fur gout and Malherbes as part of a cabinet reshuffle in Paris.
The report details late 18th century dispatches and rumors from London and Madrid about moves to fortify Boston, withdraw troops to New York, and curb New England aid. It notes Parliament debates on taxing colonies, potential revenue plans, and a proposed vote of credit to fund imperial needs amid colonial resistance.
A Philadelphia letter reports Congress orders a thousand more riflemen to be raised and scattered as covert officers removals, plus later notes on Virginia clergy, Boston soldiers, and plans debated in Congress. Other dispatches describe Paris, Bar in Poitou flood damage, and Royal artillery for America with uniforms.
To the Editor of Genexar Evening Post the writer outlines a dispute between a Doctor and his congregation over endowed meeting privileges and seating rights. The piece suggests wider conflict between Dissenters and establishment churches, noting the Doctor’s claim to authority and the Dissenters’ opposition to restraints on liberty, with references to attendance and propriety within Protestant communities.
OCR fragment lists tide times for London Bridge with morning and night listings, followed by stock prices and percentages for various banks and markets. Mentions Bank Stock India, South Sea, Conti, and India Ran with scattered figures and dates. Also references lottery tickers and old currency values like £5 6d.
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