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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 15, 1774
Page
3
In Bristol on a Wednesday evening a family seeking a woman near Lawford's pate had a messenger summoned. After a long wait and failed entry they found the man dead in bed and the woman unconscious. She later revived and recounted that the man, taken ill, asked permission to lie down, then let out a shriek and died.
Shipping items note wind direction and sailing patterns with indecipherable ship names including Speake Ditton Emerald Elizabeth Prince of Wales and more. Arrivals list include Nancy from Alicant Scarminster Marshall from St Sebastian's and Britanna from Maryland among others with routes from Leghorn Hamburg Dublin and Belfast.
Extra from an authentic letter reports Russian forces storming Silistria, Varna yielding, and Romanzoff planning winter quarters at Schemna. Rebellion of 12,000 Cossacks and Tartars near Morcovia, Civil and military changes unfold as fleets bring Lisbon mail and police pursue unlawful fishing. A turbulent London scene includes fires at Fox’s seat, robberies, and a chaotic Old Bailey session with multiple death and transportation sentences.
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