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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 29, 1771
Page
4
A narrator recounts a vivid dream of an Academy of Abstraction with aged artists dissecting atoms and infinity. The vision pits finite thought against boundless ideas, featuring a warehouse of infinities, twilight professors, and a banquet of abstract notions before waking to ordinary matter.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses attempts to prevent discovery of a date fire at Portsmouth dockyard amid fears of French anger. Mentions Marquis de Breteuil and Count de Guignes as ambassadors at a foreign court, suggesting a possible rupture with England over a warfire. Ends with a royal figure near a march amidst reflections on events.
The Court of Directors of the United Company of Merchants of England announces a General Court at Last-India-House Sncepden on Wednesday April 8, 1772 to elect twenty four Directors. Voters must own stock in their own names for at least six months and be taxed. voting rules follow an act of Parliament.
Readable fragments show tidal predictions for London Bridge with times after morning and evening hours. The notes mention Monday and Tuesday tides with minutes after specific hours and errors in transcription indicate uncertain values.
A compact listing shows Paris and Antwerp exchange rates with limited prices for Hamburg and Cadiz, plus stock figures for Bank Stock India Stock South Sea Consols and Navy Bills. The sequence notes annuities and bonds with percentages and a late afternoon quote at one o clock.
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