This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 08, 1774
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text describes a scene with advertising for soda and odd names. It mentions three hundred yards and a Mr Whatley, and a Wakefield tone with snippets of dialogue about animals and breath. Details are unclear due to garbled sources.
A fragmentary 1774 letter describes a pistol shot near Greenor-gate and a crowd reacting. It mentions witness observations, a coach vicinity, and a call to Mr. Feard for information. The piece notes an account in the Public Advertiser and includes names like James Terrin Fobtiman, Thomas Phipps, and Freb Bull the mayor.
To the editor, a case and query about a duel between A and B. A challenges B to incurable satisfaction for an injury. They meet. after exchanging pistols, A notices B is no swordsman and presses ahead. B confesses, yet A proceeds to a sword fight. Was A a man of honour in forcing B to a decision by the sword with little chance to defend himself, and if B had fallen would A have been considered a murderer?
In Dublin a contested rally provoked a dispute between Lord Mayor and Sir Rowan Newen. Proceedings showed no intent to offend, and both parties agreed to drop the matter after papers detailed the exchange. Sir Edward Newenson conveyed regrets over the published remarks from the hustings.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.