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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 14, 1748
Page
2
In Dublin the Incorporated Society for promoting Protestant Work in Ireland received a benefaction from His Excellency the Earl of Harrington on the occasion of laying the foundation stone of the Royal Charter School near Clontarf.
The newsletter lists multiple ships and origins with their destinations. The Dutch East-India Ship and others like the Sophia, Magdalen, and Friendship report movements. Vessels from St. Kitts, Virginia and Antigua appear bound for or arriving at Dover Liverpool Dublin Cork Rotterdam Leghorn Barbadoes and Hamburg.
London reports a royal proclamation easing misapprehensions for subjects trading with France. Harwich anchorage weathered by wind, with ships bound for Lisbon and the Baltick noting convoys and prize actions. Obituaries, bankrupts, political candidacy, and local suspicions fill the same column with notices and society items.
A sequence of public surveys and estate sales is announced for mid June in Devon and adjacent counties. John Yard and associates offer Barton and Sharpham holdings near Totness, with tenements, orchards, meadows, and farms in several parishes, plus related properties in Newton Abbot and Teignbridge. Viewing and particulars list multiple coffee houses and solicitors handling the proceedings.
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