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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 29, 1776
Page
4
Poetic funeral tribute to Luke Singleton of Gloucester praising his virtues and charitable deeds. References the aging warrior, Ben son, the Bishop of Gloucester, and the role of the infirmary as Simplex Munditus. A lament with apologies for untuneful praise and a call to honor his memory.
A dated Aug 26 salute praises Toshe Editor for loyal and impartial reporting. The writer commends decency and good government and warns against sedition, expressing belief the editor deserves reward or at least personal satisfaction from honest service to the king and country.
Reports from London describe a vessel arriving from Lord Howe with word of negotiations with the Americans and Lancaster named as a meeting site to settle preliminaries of peace. The letter streams cover fasts, privateers, and political shifts, with additional items on births, marriages, opera, weather, and a Barbary-coast fire.
The Lottery Magazine for August 1776 publishes four Hunprep Guineas to be gained on Monday September 2 and includes engravings of General Carleton and The Fatal Resolution. A note offers paym ent of One Hundred Guineas if a drawn ticket matches leading prizes in the State Lottery. Printed for Johnson and Co at Old State Lottery Office Ladgate-hill.
Advertises Warren's True Original Milk of Roses as a skin purifier for children and adults. Claims to soften skin, prevent dryness, remove sunburns freckles pimples redness and black worms. Promotes sale at Golden-Fleece London and a perfume shop at 41 Wood Street Cheapside with prices cited. Includes instructions and shop details.
High water at London Bridge is listed with anticipated times for tomorrow and the following days. The schedule shows morning tides around 4 to 5 a.m., late morning occurrences near 16 to 47 minutes after gin the afternoon period, and evening tides around 6 p.m., with variations on each day of the week.
The report records a broad downturn in stock prices with India and South Sea shares showing steep declines. Bank annuities and consol prices fluctuate, with old and new annuities noted at various percent changes. Navy bills and India bonds appear among the discouraged securities, while lottery tickets and scrip are mentioned in lesser terms amid the market read.
A compact note from a 18th century issue describing the pro South Carolina vine and an account of air, weather, and diseases at Charles Town. Printed for J. Hinton at No 34 Pattern- fer-row.
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