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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 24, 1748
Page
3
Notice from Lords of Justice promising a royal pardon to those who disclose accomplices in filing and diminishing the current coin called Guineas. A reward, additional to parliamentary sums, is offered for apprehension and conviction of involved individuals.
The Lords Justices offer a reward of one hundred pounds for information leading to the capture of Samuel Davies and others linked to filing and diminishing guineas. Davies absconded from the West Smithfield home bearing the Bull and Butcher sign. authorities describe his appearance and past trades. Also sought are Bryan Duff Mary Dean alias Harrison and Margaret Rutherford alias Mary Foster with detailed physical descriptions and known residences. Rewards apply to those apprehended and convicted.
The notice details several stolen horses including a fourteen hands mare with flaxen tail and mane and a fifteen hands bay mare with a white heel and other marks. It asks for information to recover them from Tingwick near Buckingham and offers charges and a Guinea reward. It also advertises a reward for information leading to the apprehension of L Samuel Proffer, a former lieutenant in General Pauierts Marines, said to be near forty, with specific facial features, formerly Footman to the Earl of Tankerville, and mentions his potential location at Ward-Maker’s Arms in Compton Street, Soho.
The notice advertises sale of Whitfield Hall and adjoining lands totaling about 4000 acres near the River Allan in Northumberland with coal, lead mines, limestone, and timber. Includes rectory and advowson at Whitfield, rents, and several Durham farms named Bellafide Wrenns Close Easfield and others. Interested parties should inquire in Durham and London to view and bid.
The page fragment mentions price notes and publication entries for chess treatises, with references to Whilt and Adar, indicating a miscellaneous historical notice column. It preserves names and places in a terse OCR read, hinting at catalog or pricing details without coherent narrative.
Foreign ministers and court nobles praised the Duke of Cumberland's masked ball in the Great Hall. Tables with wines and delicacies followed a supper that lasted into morning light. The event drew praise for elegance and good conduct, with the Princess of Orange attending.
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