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Newspaper

General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 27, 1771

Page

2

A Letter on French Credit and English Commerce

A correspondent urges merchants to avoid French tobacco commissions and bills of exchange, recounting Fitzgerald’s bankruptcy and French arrears. He argues France’s finances are perilous, warns of impending bankruptcy, and cautions against vice and moral decline weakening national strength. He cites the debt surge, Dutch countermeasures, and the danger to English credit and merchants.

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Portraits and the Knight of the Bath in Dispute

A letter to the Editor criticizes the flood of false likenesses of a late Knight of the Bath. The writer notes confusion without proper attribution and mentions Sir F. B.Q. born into privilege, using wealth for both dissipation and generosity, as context for the debate on authentic portraiture.

General Evening Post Knight of the Bath F. B.Q

Harley Helps An Old Soldier Find a Home And Hope

Harley assists Edwards, once wounded in humanity’s service, by guiding him to his own farm near South Hill. They recover a family by the schoolhouse ruins, reunite with Edwards’s grandchildren, and settle in a modest house, while Harley funds seeds, a brook mill, and care from his staff to restore dignity. The tale contrasts hollow pleasures with true happiness born from charity and family bonds.

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