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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 17, 1775
Page
3
Reports from Hoban and Barcelona detail Spanish fleet movements before Algiers and fears of Moorish incursions in Africa. Court decisions loom as negotiations over ammunition and supplies for Spain unfold, with speculation on 12,000 troops reinforcing Spanish forces and potential consequences for the region.
The text recounts scattered items from Aug 18 era Dublin including lodging for officers in fashionable areas, a Ballymahon death of Jacob Esq, Wardell's execution near Stephen's Green for robbery, and mentions of various officers and punishments with damaged spellings and names, reflecting chaotic archival OCR.
The notice lists numerous ships and vessels arriving at ports including Banete Matfours Windsor Kingston Matlocks Neptune Forrest Gredada Prosperity Philadelphia Doviry Pl Hatt Nevis Jamaica Elizabeth Patent Grenada and Jamaica routes. It mentions passenger lists and origins from Virginie Jamaica Georgis and related ports.
Extract from Hanover dated Aug 8 notes orders from the King to move the regiments of Goldacker Hardenberg Rheden and Mathe to embark at Seet on September to replace the Gibraltar garrison. It mentions possible destinations and the likelihood of Goldacker commanding the two regiments with no general accompaniment. Also reports Love and Adams from Dublin say 24 transports carrying 15,90 effective men arrived at New York, while only a few regimental women disembarked in New York and General Westroop refused hostilities unless attacked. The Nactilus sloop brings an express from General
A compilation of letters and notices from July reports on Ticonderoga and Crown Point, colonial cautions, and Native attitudes. Updates include arrivals from the Prosperity, Lisbon mail, and the King George Packet, plus Navy changes and public notices of deaths and prices. Ship commands shift as Vernon yields to M KenFie, and Omiah voyage plans resolve. Local incidents include imprisonments, accidents, and notable deaths, with financial quotes and Bank of England rates.
A new musical work titled Rox Tat is presented at Sadler's Wells framed as a light drama with characters Ralph Roger Bridget and Dolly. The air lyrics by Mrs. Burne Miss Dowson and Mr Lowe echo old ballad themes and comic flirtations, delivering a pretty effect despite a simple plot.
A fragmented historical verse appears with names Dolly Roger Phumipaty and others in a dialogue noted as a quartet. The text shifts through emotional pleas and chorus phrases about love and rejection, ending with a sign of a divine comm ensience. Contains multiple named figures like Dolly Roger and Dumpaty in a dramatic love scene.
An 18th century health treatise advertisement by William Smith M D. It promotes An Explanation of the Animal Economy Nature and Causes of Diseases and their Cure The Union of health methods and the author’s other works such as The Nervous System and The Student's Vade Mecum. Also lists prices and printing details for Walter at Charing Cross and J Bew at Paternoster Row with forthcoming works and volumes.
An old pamphlet touts Norton’s Drops as cures for scurvy leprosy ulcers king’s evil fistula piles and other disorders. It warns of counterfeits in square bottles with Norton’s handwriting and sold by Norton and by Mr Kearfly at Fleet Street. The text emphasizes inoculation cures and ease of administration to children.
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