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General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jun 29, 1773

Page

2

Widespread notices from London and abroad on late July events

The document records court actions, bankruptcies, and public notices. It mentions a writ of Habeas Corpus, a prison remand, and multiple burglaries and robberies. It lists appointments in the Royal Navy and Canterbury clergy, marriages and deaths, and bankruptcy certificates and supersessions. It also notes ship losses and a Bermuda report of a poisoned family in Somersetshire.

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Voltaire Letter on the Pretended Comet in 1773

Paris letter discusses a Parisian belief that a comet would end the world on May 26 1773. It debates Newtonian heat estimates, Seneca and Plutarch on comets, and traces end of the world fears from ancient to medieval times. The piece mocks superstition while noting historical quotations and public spectacle.

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