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General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Feb 27, 1773

Page

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Christening of Prince Augustus Frederick at St James's

From the London Gazette February 25 report of the christening ceremony for the young Prince Augustus Frederick in the Great Council Chamber. Sponsors included the Duke of Saxe Gotha represented by the Earl of Hertford, Prince George of Mecklenburg Strelitz represented by the Earl of Bristol, and Princess Louisa of Hesse-Cassel represented by Viscountess Weymouth.

Archbishop of Canterbury Augustus Frederick Duke of Saxe Gotha Earl of Hertford Prince George of Weymouth Dear Fes Anapolis Eden Virginia Duffin Cape- Fear Dartmouth Hall Boston Ditto John Madge Craddock Jamaica Brffol Tayloe M‘dougall London Avon Manning New England St. Kitt’s Rebecca Sweetzer New-England Dominicae Sally Langdon Ditta Demaraya Suffolk Jermyn Dorothy, White Earl of Effingham Curlng Essex Qurling Buchannan Moody New-York ab-Neweys

War preparations and troop movements near the Azow forts

From Cronstadt to Revel and Archangrt, reports describe a vast buildup in 60,000 men including cuirassiers under the Prince of Anhalt Bernbourg and both land and sea forces. Magazines are stocked for a year for men and horses. 60 galleys and several ships of the line are to sail next spring. Dispatches cite Poland and Ukraine troop movements, with fleets built and provisions stored as tensions rise across the Baltic and Black Sea regions.

Holland Peterbourgh Cuijraffiers Prince of Anhalt-Bernbourg Elmott Poland Finland Ukraine Sea of Azow Demetrius Azow Tagenrock Cronstad Revel Mort Archangrt Buchard Petersbourg Romanzov Constantinople

Fragmented OCR leads to unclear event summary

The readable text shows an unfinished line about a Saturday noon gathering or attendance by ladies of a bed- something, with many garbled words. No clear names, place, or concrete event details are recoverable from the fragment.

Gentlessen House of Comions. Ee Duke of Richmond Smith Johnstong Creighton Dempster Jonathan Wild Johnstone Adair Elliot America Manilla

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