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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 18, 1774
Page
1
Fragmentary foreign dispatch notes a draft and agreement on a marriage treaty linking Prince Charles X of Landermania with a Princess of Holstein-Gottorp. The text references royal recall of a former minister and discusses retirement, allegiance, and duties within the kingdom.
A long OCR fragment lists ships and captains arriving from various ports including London Hull Madeira St. Iles London and Jamaica. Names such as Dugan Green Stevens ArchangelUnion and Neptune appear amid a flood of vessel and crew mentions with destinations and origins in a colonial trade era.
An account describes a royal birthday event with a large crowd including ministers and nobility. It notes a late night ball at the Court and references speeches, appointments, and political chatter about candidates for Warwick. It comments on wool prices and economic contrasts between England and Ireland.
A letter from Paris discusses trade distortions and French concerns over Irish wool imports affecting French wool production. London reports include fire-safety steps at the Tower, embassies to England, noble opinions on ambassadors, and various court and local notices with births marriages and deaths.
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