10 Aug 1776
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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 10, 1776
Page
1
Historic mistranscribed note reports rising unrest and militia plans with references to Jersey Amboy and Continental Congress. It hints at violent punitive talk and impending naval movements as loyalists push for defense and independence debates swirl amid coded names and garbled lines.
Fragmented report recounts a royal scrutiny of security measures on Wimbledon Common with trials of fireproof methods, plus locations at St James’s and Guildford. It mentions allegiance bonds, naval reinforcements under Lord Howe and Commodore Hotham, and several capital sentences in Surrey and nearby counties.
Arrivals listed from Dover and various ports show numerous vessels and passengers. Names include Walshy, Oporto Remais, Her bert from Opane, Gibbons from Bar Katine Eranis Ayres for Arti gua Reward, Candy, Moray, Chilgrove Pitman from Sopplin ard Cipeor Randal for Corke Snatesen. Also merchants and ships from Leeward Islands Jamaica Barbados and London among others aboard Edward Pleides James's Planitt Qwarry Morants sd Dorgtt.
The missive claims Congress resolved to declare war on Great Britain on the July date. A private letter carried by the Mer gary packet reports a General Tees either captured or disgraced, now the principal officer cited by Congress as crucial to their success. The piece critiques independence, alliances, and provincial struggles, accusing supporters of persecution and bloodshed in New York.
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