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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 25, 1773
Page
1
A long, mixed extract notes arrivals at various ports with numerous ship names and origins, followed by London society and parliamentary items. It covers royal presence briefings, Irish bill discussions, Prussian and Polish affairs, American letters on illness and tea protests, criminal incidents, births marriages deaths, and a lengthy bankruptcy notice list.
The Rev Mr Tod dington, senior fellow of St John’s College Cambridge, is presented to the rectory of Medbourne Leicestershire worth 400 per year, vacant by Rev Mr Morgan’s death. Seaton’s prize page for the year is Duelling. A theft at Bennett College yields over 1 sovereign in gold and silver. A carpenter is seized, money found on him, awaiting trial. In Hereford Eleanor Price’s assault leads to homicide case against Thomas Owen who is found guilty of wilful murder by jury.
A partial ship list shows arrivals and outbound vessels including the Catharine Young and the Minerva Milligan. Names such as Dartmouth, Chester, Jamaica, Virginia, Nevis, 3% Kitts, port routes, and December dates appear with multiple vessels and destinations. The text notes most onward-bound ships are likely to fail.
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