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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 24, 1776
Page
2
A ragged summary notes bumper crops in various counties with prices uncertain, plus a murder inquiry at Covent Garden and a highway robbery near Kitarn. It records births marriages and deaths, and a wave of bankruptcies with surrender dates and legal notices in London and surrounding areas.
A traveler’s fourth letter from Abbeville April 25 recounts the town’s thriving cloth factory led by Mr Vanrobais, the social mix of workers, and insights on church art and reformist history. He contrasts French industry with English labor, notes wages, and observes local manners and religious tensions within a broader tour of French manufacturies.
A traveler notes extensive country improvements across English counties. Fortunes spent on decorated seats, land improvements, and profitable ventures have boosted employment and cultivation. The writer argues summer incomes in the countryside support national prosperity and reduce reliance on foreign goods.
A fragmentary tale describes a Mrs Boo in colonial times who faced a flood of suitors flattered by vanity. A letter from a would be admirer spurred a witty reply about obedience and virtue, deterring further advances and preserving her reputation in a tight-knit town.
An estate at Pilton Bridge Barnstaple Devon, once built for a brewery, offered for sale by auction on September 16 at four in the afternoon if not sold earlier by private contract. The property includes substantial buildings with mills and water pumps, river Yeo nearby, river Taw navigation, rich adjoining pasture, and a modern dwelling. Viewing and particulars via Thomas Terry, Esq, Dommer Hants, Martin of Essex Court London, Luscombe Totness, and Mr Slowly Barnta ple.
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