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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 18, 1774
Page
4
A fragmentary letter references obligations to a distressed neighbor and four well wishers. It notes a man with wife and three children receiving weekly support, with income stated as fourteen shillings per week. The OCR text is garbled but suggests a financial relief or expense claim context.
Unanimous resolutions at a Charleston general meeting affirm loyalty to the Crown, protest taxes without local consent, demand fair trials, oppose Boston port closures, and authorize deputies to join a continental congress. A 99-member committee is named to carry out actions, raise funds for Boston relief, and maintain colonial unity.
In New York the 43 member Committee of Correspondence explains its vote against Thurman and M’Evers motions regarding public resolutions. A Portsmouth tea incident sparks calls for non consumption. London grain and market prices noted. Garrick’s Hampton fete praised. Barry and the Irish tour return. State lottery tickets advertised. county freeholders nominate John Luther and John Conyers for Parliament. thanks to Sheriff Henry Levi Bond Collins for duties.
Fragmentary rail and tide timing text lists several times with references to morning and afternoon hours. It mentions London Bridge and Moray with specific offsets, but the passage is incomplete and lacks clear events or actions.
The reel lists multiple stock terms such as Bank Stock 145, India ditto 149, SoutheSea ditto, Old Ann. ws Ditto New 87 per cent, Bank An Reduced 894, Conot. Squah ditto 4736. Also mentions India Bonds 93, Navy bills, Peak Long Ann 262ab, and Lottery Tickets 131 29 6d.
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