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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 31, 1789
Page
1
Couriers report Polish affairs near Braslaw and imperial troop movements toward Galicia. Paris letters describe the Favras plot, Lafayette inquiries, and Montmorency's defense of liberty. Royal audiences, Danish and Stockholm notes, and Dahomey and West Africa dispatches round out a broad mix of politics, crime, and society notices.
A late December shipping notice lists numerous arriving and sailing vessels including the Favourite Jamaica Planter Empire and many others. Ships named include the Three Sisters Queen Goodwin Britannia and Britannia and more. Wind shifts southwest with strong gusts and a large convoy of afters and collieres noted.
Yesterday a Windsor to Whitehall report notes the Royal Family in perfect health yet spending a day at the Queen's Lodges due to very high winds and rain. A visitor named Necker, described as a friend from Geneva, fled by water to the city and drowned on the return. Fittings at Lincoln's Inn Hall are scheduled for Hilary Term with dates listed as January 15 and 16 to 21 for various pleas and petitions.
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