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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 27, 1774
Page
2
Dec 28 paper front notes Austrian and Polish frontier moves, Vienna presence, and frontiers talks with Cracow near Bobreck. Sultan-like decrees in Paris, Boston Congress debates, and Virginia and Maryland letters hint at Indian wars, exports, and loot. River and port notices, crimes, marriages, deaths, and ship news appear alongside lottery prizes and theater notices.
Newcastle reports that the torpedo, a fish emitting electric rays, now frequents the island shores contrary to prior naturalist opinion. Three specimens were captured at the month’s start near Torbay, with several more sighted near Brixham in recent weeks.
An express from Spain reports the king has retired from sovereignty and the Prince of Asturias has assumed the government. Also mentions a petition from the American Congress to the King and one to the House of Commons. Mr Eve, member for a seat, is described as advocate in the fragment.
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