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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 13, 1776
Page
4
A historic plea from Robert Perreau dated Jan 13 1776 seeks royal mercy. He pleads innocence regarding an alleged forgery and asks for transportation for life instead of harsher punishment. He thanks Mrs Tribe for support and expresses hope for his wife and children. He asks the king to intercede with the queen and father of his people to grant mercy.
A widow pleads to the queen for mercy for her husband Robert Perreau who faces execution in Newgate. She cites his alleged innocence, the family’s ruin, and the suffering of his wife and children, begging clemency while admitting she cannot dispute the sentence.
A dispatch from Observator argues that ambition and fear drive petitions supporting American rebels. It warns Scots and Americans mirror each other, predicts a decisive British victory, and urges loyal submission to the crown. Proclaims mercy and proclamations as tools to restore order, ending with a forecast that grievances will soon be addressed.
The London scene reports a late council at Lord Weymouth’s, with ministers briefing on Dunmore and Carleton dispatches for James II’s review. Navy plans through Christmas, Quebec capitulation rumors, and Boston siege claims color imperial updates. Theatres recount Douglas with Webster in Covent Garden, a striking first on stage drawing strong civic support and spectatorship.
A large number of midland sympathizers sipped a petition for Mr Robert Perreau and his wife met the Countess of Egremont and Lady Weymouth to request their intercession. The Queen was approached for aid. A generous lady in Knightsbridge ordered five guineas given to destitute soldiers passing Hyde Park. Reports from Lincolnshire describe sheep perishing in snow and two deaths found in a Salisbury Plain pit. London roads run slow with dozens of vehicles delayed. street deaths include a mother and infant in Brick Lane and a beggar found dead in Oxford Street. A Bethnal Green robbery at Mrs Sykes’s widow’s house netted 20 guineas and plate. a charity case woman and daughter are jailed for ill treating an apprentice, verdict Willful Murder.
Fragmented OCR note lists bank stocks and percentages with scattered terms like SFOCKS price, India, South-Sea, Maced, Canto Azaake, Remega hoax, and bonds with figures such as 85344, 7786, 1758, 91435, and 645. It reads as a financial snippet lacking coherent context or clear events.
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