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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 14, 1773
Page
4
The text discusses protective measures during a thunderstorm citing Franklin and advising people to avoid chimneys mirrors and gilt items. It recommends placing a chair on mattresses in the room center or under a hammock to insulate from lightning and to avoid shelter under trees in fields.
Fragmentary verse depicts a nervous Lady Eliza trembling at thunder while a speaker defends virtue against tyrants and treachery. The lines contrast public risk with private panic and end by invoking the Isle of Wight imagery and clip of lightning’s swift reach. The piece blends fear, politics, and moral exhortation in archaic diction.
Postscript to the editor laments distress of over a thousand in Hx area tied to Lord N sth repeal of the late act governing light gold. Traders fear ruin, warn four workers may be laid off unless repeal comes next session. Hope remains for a stronger winter trade if old light gold returns to London and forms heavy guineas.
Mail from Hotuann and PLANDERS at Hamburg report adverse Danube advices for Russia. A siege near Silutria ends with a Turkish surround and mass slaughter of 18 to 70 thousand Russians. Copenhagen ad notes Oldenbourg and Delmenhorst loans must be vouched. Stockholm cites deep dysentery toll in Dalia with many deaths.
Notices from 1709 recount the king directing the Senate to aid the malady affecting inhabitants, sending physicians to Falhiun Hefingland and Sweaborg. Turkish expedition plans against the Crimea are noted, and a Paris merchant earns praise for paying his father’s debts in full, honoring his memory.
High water at London Bridge and stock prices listed with Bank Stock Bank Annuit Reduced and South Sea entries. Includes old monetary values and payments notes with varying percentages and dates described as financial observations from a ledger.
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