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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 22, 1776
Page
3
Part readable text references dates and names in a garbled form. It mentions arrival, publication, and a prohibition with a death penalty notion, plus various garbled terms and phrases without clear entities or events.
Philadelphia July 49 reports from Boston that an express arrived from the Westward with news that Mohawk Indians had set off for New York to join the Provincial army.
The Corporation of Wells agrees to rebuild Affize Hall and Market House under Rev Dr Campbell’s plan, to be completed by next sessions. A Friday arrival brings officials in town and a citywide trial unfolds amid a troubling incident with customs officers seized goods and inquiries into the event.
A maritime item lists numerous vessels and their origins, names and routes including Hamburgh, Riga, Lisbon, Oporto, Bristol, Milford, Leith, and Dominica. It notes arrivals and departures with many passenger and cargo names such as Vanderflexen Meurdie Hope Brown Richard Fletcher Erpih Paletburgh and more. The report preserves a dated, roster-like tone typical of port news.
A compilation from St Kitts and New York reports tavern talks of Congress tyranny and rebel finance woes. General Burgoyne writes Howe of entering back settlements near New York as Washington and Putnam defend the approaches. Letters claim British ships prepare to attack rebel batteries while provincials await Carleton and Burgoyne's arrival. Cornwallis sustains a minor injury at Charles Town. Privateers harvest stores at Grays End as they ready to sail.
A garbled 18th century sheet reports maritime skirmishes near Malaga with ships Aquila and Phoenix, a Bristol captain missing, a London street robbery by an apprentice with pistols, and robberies by footpads near Winceconduit. It lists deaths, welders falling from scaffolds, a coroner’s inquest verdict, and several marriages and deaths in London and Clapton.
Several gentlemen with Lord Bolingbroke discussed Marlborough’s alleged offenses. Bolingbroke replied that Marlborough was so great that one has forgotten his vices, a generous retort for a political foe. The Duke and Lord Bélinge were noted as opponents.
Public sale at Wombwell Hall offers the estate and adjoining land about 20 acres, with further farms available. Also listed are numerous antiquarian books and maps including a Universal Bible and a lake survey, priced and advertised for sale by auction through local agents.
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