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Newspaper

General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jan 29, 1774

Page

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Meon Day Meant Staunch Frost Affects Elbe Navigation

London Gazette notes Elbe navigation hindered by frost after heavy snow with hope it aids land in Germany. German provinces plagued by mice despite eradication efforts. ice melt expected to drown vermin. St James's announces Earl of Galloway named Scotland Police Commissioner and James Harris appointed as secretary and controller.

Darsvin Elbe Germany St. James's Fan John Earl of Galloway Great Britain Scotland Alexander Earl of Galloway Dueen’s Palace St. James's Park Fhea N. B.tAsfome

Grand Council at Cockpit on American affairs debated

A Saturday meeting at the Cockpit Whitehall drew a large council session into six with discussions on mutiny and desertion penalties, army pay and quarters, and malt duties from 1774 to 1775. Reports from the Hague mentioned unrest in Russia and a ship losses near Liverpool. Marriages, deaths, and bankruptcies are listed with names and places across London and surrounding counties.

Cockpit Whitehall House of Commons Perry Alderman Hopkins John Roberts Speaker Tan London

Arrivals and sailings of British ships from Bristol to Africa and beyond

Jan 28 29 ships remain or sail for Africa Jamaica Antigua New York Maryland Chester Liverpool and Dublin. Outward bound ships prepare to sail with vessels including Sally Moat Florida Britannia and Francis William son and more. Ports list Bristol St Vincent Riverpool Hawke Warfolk Betty Povah and others with cargoes from Seville Valencia Jam aica and Maryland among others.

J. ‘Dear Wind W Sally Moat Bristol Robert Chester Florida Bishop Francis Williamson Africa Britannia Richardson Dublin Dear Wind Ashby Crisp Jamaica London Fraser Antigua John Galley Quick New-York Jenny Polly Laurence Maryland William Jefferys Dolly Fincher Liverpool Gaavesenp Josepha Hill Cadiz Mary Luscombe Valencia Dolphin Scott Bolton Nancy Sampson Corke Malaga Molly Campbell Ostend Faemorton Quebec Peggy Wilton Fom Meryland Lisbon Balou Rebecca Susannah Caffon Philai Greg Hamburgh Liberty Cook Virginia Seahorse Cargill Madeira Hopper Miller Stockholm Constantinople

Certificates for Bankrupts List at Guildhall

Bankrupts certificates to be allowed for Johry Pickerfgill and James Pickerfgill of Ripon York shire merchants and partners. James Wyllie and John Dry late of Exeter-street Strand Middlesex carpenters builders and copartners on or before Feb 19. Richard Parry Shipston upon Stower Worcester shire tallow-chandler soap-boiler ironmonger on or before Feb 19. William Ream Newton Isle of Ely Cambridgeshire dealer and chapman on or before Feb 19. Bankruptcy enlarged James Taverner Reed King’s Lynn Norfolk merchant to surrender March 19 at Guildhall.

Derrick Martin Southwark Surry Man’s Mercer Guildhall London Palmer Coleman-street Gideon Tuck White-horse-yard Stanhope-street Middlesex Taylor Coupland Grange-court Carey-street Thomas Holderness the Old Bailey Sharpe Snowhill Kenneth M‘kenzie Jamaica-row Rotherhithe Morgan Gray’s-inn John Kentish the Southampton-street Covent-garden George Parrott Southampton- Street Wade Holton St. Andrew Holborn Clevéh Richard Swanwick Liverpool Lancashire Gornfactor Pontac’s Water-street Daniel Franckling Christ Church Dyér Fin Drv John Brewerton St. Clement ‘Danes March James Wyllie John Dry Exeter-ftrest William Kell Angé]court Westminster Thomas Horsefall Merchant Thomas Dunn Grinton Swaledale Yorkshire Vig Tualler Christopher Dodsworth Leyborn Johry Pickerfgill James Pickerfgill Ripon Exeter-street the Strand Richard Parry Shipston Upon Stower Worcestershire William Ream Newton Isle of Ely Cambridgeshire Chapman James Taverner Reed King’s Lynn Norfolk

Partnership Dissolution and Bristol Bread Announcement

In Bristol on January 1 1774 the partnership Peckover and Nelson dissolves with debt to be paid to Joseph Peckover who will settle all demands. The business continues by Peckover. A public notice promises cheaper bread, enriched wheat bread at eight pounds per loaf, rice and ground rice at low prices to aid the poor, with marked branding for Jenkins.

Lynn-Regis Joseph Peckover Bartholomew Nelson Bar Nelson Joseph Beckover Bristol Jenkins John Jenkins Gorgians John Young Rose and Crown Inn Sudbury Suffolk Belchamp St. Paul's Essex Clare Bury St. Edmund's Braintree London Michaelmas Mr. Moody Leadenhail-street Swineshead Coun'y Lincoln Thomas Ingall Swingshead Trist Twell Plesk

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