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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 16, 1775
Page
1
Lord Cathcart is appointed his Majesty's Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland meeting May 25. The Provo refused calls to Admiral on the ship bound for Philadelphia. Emigrants on board Leith Road ship were examined. about 66 properly indentured, 6 dismissed for age or improper indenture.
The Earl of Dunmore issues a proclamation against deputized Congress delegates as Major General Howe sails for America. Subordinate appointments shift with Lt. Gov. of the Scilly Islands and a new command for the 46th Regiment. A Boston officer reports difficult movements, casualties, and harassed troops amid ongoing hostilities. Copenhagen letters arrive with further advisories.
The King plans to clear a million and a half Danish crowns of national debt and lowers interest on Holland loans. Letters from Leghorn report Sardinian ruler’s palace party incident. naval movements include Racehorse and Carcase sailing to Senegal, Aldborough to Newfoundland, Prudent awaiting wind in the Sound. Reports from Plymouth note Spanish armament fears at Cartagena and Cadiz. Duchess of Northumberland ill at Sion House. Marshals, antiquaries and society members named. a fatal cart accident at Battersea. a pawnshop burglary at Rotherhithe. a toddler burned to death in Spitalfields. marriages and deaths listed. bankruptcies announced with schedules.
Triftee for the Creditors announces a second dividend of five shillings per pound on amounts due, after an initial ten shillings per pound already paid, to be distributed on Tuesday June 6 at the counting-house of Alexander Houstoun and Company in Glasgow. Creditors are to apply there. Also notices for letting a repaired dwelling-house of the late Lieutenant General Rufane in High Street, with two acres, and inquiries to Bowyer and Nichols in London and Mr Thomas Ridding in Southampton. Rewards offered in an OHN LAROCHE vs OHN MORSHEAD case.
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