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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 04, 1790
Page
3
March 1 in Edinburgh a meeting of the Parliament house of the heritors of Mid-Lothian discussed establishing a Bridewell in the city and hire. Lord Advocate chaired. After long reasoning the utility was agreed to, with invitations on funding and county associations referred to a Committee.
The Superior Council of St Domingo reports to the National Assembly that unrest in France extends to the colony. A North Island Provincial Assembly has seized treasury keys and property, subverted laws, and resisted authorities, while Cape and northern provinces rise in insurrection, arming troops, forming a National Assembly, and looting arsenals.
A London report recounts Joseph II of Austria’s lineage and succession, noting his birth in 1740, titles, marriages, and heirs. It covers the extended Habsburg imperial family, current royals, and shifts in the European balance of power, plus a note on pacific domestic aims and a friar at his death. It also mentions court appointments, titles, and a curious Elkhound hunting mishap.
Nathaniel Highmoite presents Higgs's Orange Shrubs for making rum or brandy punch with water. The advertisement promotes seaworthy coconctions and antiscorbutics from Seville orange, with orders for shrub quantities and FortreN Wines by the pipe. It notes terms, credit cautions, and remittance requests for country orders.
The governor of Chris's Hospital will receive proposals at the Rote law Sittingbourn Kent on Friday the cgth of March 1790 at One o Clock or cite dy. Wormshill Court Lodge Farm, occupied by Mr Beare Merton, comprises about 326 acres with 81 acres woodland. Inquiries about laws and surveys to Rev Miller at Rotary House Wormshill and Jaunting-house in Christ's Hospital London. February 22, 1790. Richard Corp, clerk.
A list of names appears in a historical parish record or church seating/attendance roll. The fragmentary text names numerous individuals such as Daniel Copland and John Brand among others, suggesting a roster or listing from a local church or civic record.
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