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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 12, 1775
Page
4
A fragmentary letter from a lady about a conflict over the Scenes in the Trip to Galzir. The writer denounces a Privy Council member and vows to resist attempts to publish or suppress the work. She warns of consequences and cites dignity, honor, and retaliation if silenced.
A fragment recalls Merry-Andrew who exhibited in Totnes Devonshire and later played a mountebank in Plymouth. His daughter married a Justice P of Truro Cornwall, linking the family to notable provincial figures.
A fragmentary notice describes a celebrated antiscorbutic preparation from the Prefestption era, prepared after consideration and offered by W. Domvelitt and Bobktehor at the Royal Exchange. The vial contains 34 pills advertised for those who use or return them, amid references to health issues and related remedies.
A foreign dispatch reports Spanish forces of about twenty thousand voyaging from an Algerian theatre after the July 8 clash. Three thousand are said killed or wounded, and the squad plans to land at Alicant on the 1st of the same month to reassemble, reinforce, and renew an attempt against the Barbayi. The message also notes a royal arrival in a large city and a murder in Milan.
From Watertown June 19 and New York July 4 reports, colonial resistance to the Parliaments acts tightens. Proclamations in Boston threaten penalties for illicit liquor, while Hancock’s house serves as a hospital for wounded officers. Congress declares united colonial opposition and vows liberty in defense, not secession. News also notes troop movements, supply cuts, and worsening strain on New England rebels.
The text recounts an apprentice to a watchmaker with a father abroad and a mother who died of a broken heart buried in Holborn. It notes William Barker’s execution at Northampton for forging Bank notes to defraud a hatter. A postchaise robbery damages and other highway thefts are mentioned, along with a dubious advertise ment for a dental cure sold by various shops.
The piece ridicules Lord C for denying taxation as a government tool and asserts taxation follows legislation. It argues that sovereignty implies taxing power and mocks the noble patriot’s distinction between law and taxes as a burlesque. The author contends Great Britain’s right to govern entails fiscal authority.
A damaged OCR sample shows scattered entries with dates, prices, and figures. It mentions high water, mornings and afternoons, and financial terms including annuities, government bonds, and bank notes. Numerous unreadable tokens limit coherent facts to partial references to dates, amounts, and entities such as banks and markets.
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