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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 24, 1776
Page
3
Yesterday evening one transport carrying part of the 17th regiment with Sir Peter Parker returned to Cove. Four other transports were seen standing for Ring-a-bella bay and one entered Kinfale.
The report lists wind conditions and vessel movements with arrivals and departures. Ships including Venus from Jamaica Newberg and Hercules from Dublin pass Gravesend, while George and James from Grenada and Marquis of Rockingham adieu from CofKe Julius Ozfar Uzald transport a variety of goods and passengers. Arrivals include Tobagot Indian King Saundear from Bristol and Judith and Mary Hawking from Penzance with crews and cargo noted.
Reports claim Provincials besieged by Botton have not sent advices, Quebec defeat confirmed, and American losses higher than published. Botton letters note Major Campbell’s safe arrival and British dispatches. Dutch fleet readiness alleged, with two American vessels captured near Nantucket and sent to Mounts Bay Cornwall.
A chaotic Guildhall poll ends with a broken Court of Requests partition and bruised bystanders as crowds surge. Reports recount robberies from Chesterhouse Square to Hyde Park and a pistol threat at Mrs Child’s Blackfriars home. Births marriages and deaths fill the page, noting the Countess of Carlisle’s daughter and several local nuptials and clergy deaths.
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