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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 07, 1771
Page
3
Partial OCR lists numerous military roles and groups including Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Captains, Lieutenants, Ensigns, Surgeons, Serjeants, Drums and Fifes, and private men. Mentions second battalion Germans Protestants and third battalion Swiss Protestants with unclear counts and formatting.
Wind from the west drives several ships to sea and multiple vessels reach ports or depart for Antigua Leghorn Jamaica Virginia Grenades Waterford Deblin and other destinations. Arrivals include Portsmouth Falmouth Dover South Carolina New York Philadelphia Combe Genoa Cadiz and Barcelona with crews listed.
Reports from Paris note France reducing nine infantry companies, forming a marine corps to match Britain. The King’s anger over the Rouen remonstrance grows. Duke of Orleans warned not to press it. Swedish princes learned of their father’s death during a Paris observatory lecture. Coiners seized at Clerkenwell. murder inquiry in Hampstead Pancras. Marriages include George Poole to Elizabeth Baynham and James Phipps to Miss Coghlan. Died: Charles Thorpe and James Westgate’s widow.
A royal observer promotes Essence of Pearl as safe for young children to prevent gum disease and premature tooth decay. The scent product, sold by W Bayley in Cockspur Street and J Price in Leadenhall Street, is priced at 2s 6d per bottle and claimed to strengthen second teeth and improve overall dental preservation.
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