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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 22, 1774
Page
4
The author copies a set of maxims on conduct in affairs of honour, detailing dueling etiquette. It includes rules on challenges, seconds, and communications, with examples of how gentlemen should behave, resolve disputes, and inform others, drawn from historical figures and contemporary practice.
A large levee was held yesterday at St James’s, the first since Parliament’s current session began. It is announced to continue each Monday during the session, drawing many attendees and notable figures to greet members of the House.
Beese and others describe a quarrel at a house near Covent Garden where one man stabbed another in the groin, likely to die soon. A dancing-master from Cannon Street died after a horse accident near Vauxhall turnpike. A salesman was robbed near Clintton by two footpads, losing nine pence and silver. Highwaymen plague roads between Barnet and Hitchin. Rev. John Wigmore, Chaplain to the Navy, died at Chatham after forty years’ service. An advertisement promotes GARILDINA Royal India Composition for hair removal from Gifford’s and two other shops.
A fragment notes appointments to Lord Norry and other favours to be dispatched soon. References RIGH WATER at London ridge with times for tomorrow and Thursday, detailing morning and afternoon slots.
The record lists corn prices and equivalents for barley rye and oats, flour weights and fort values, along with bank and stock quotations. It cites Bank of India, South Sea stock, Consols, Navy funds, and various colonial notes with percent figures and due dates.
Advertisement for The Sentimental Magazine supplement and second volume launch in 1774. It lists price, engravings, contents such as The Philosopher of Sentiment and Love and Marriage essays, a frontispiece by Collier, and a Queen Anne calendar companion. It notes weekly publication starting February 1 and a detachable Almanack calendar with court cards and lists.
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