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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 25, 1775
Page
1
May 24 news reports wind conditions and arrivals at Virginia, Georgia, and Falmouth. Ships listed include Jenny Welsh from Liverpool, Georgia Planter from Holland, and Fanny Keifo from Virginia, with other passage details and port movements noted.
A broad roundup notes Sir Francis Vincent’s potential successor, William Norton Eig, and Commodore Sir Edward Vernon’s appointment as Commander in Chief of ships on the river Meaway. It reports Spanish coastal losses, ship movements from Jamaica to Bristol, and naval officials inspecting dockyard issues. Also covered are Londoners influencing offices, royal birthday tickets, and multiple local tragedies including a wife’s murder, a suicide, a chimney fire, and a publican’s misfortune.
An Epsom racehorse rider was thrown and killed on the spot. The King promoted Rev Mr Lecas of Fdich-Wetton Rutland to a Prebend of Canterbury Cathedral. Marriages include Nathaniel Grundry to Miss Palmer of near the Duke of Cumberland. Obits note Count Lafberg at James's, and Mrs Read of Strethan and Mrs Cowles of Clapton.
A May 16 dispatch from Paris describes bands of insurrectionists plundering Brie Beauvoisis Soiffenois and Normandy. They seized wheat markets and threatened Versailles and Paris, but the King sent troops, punished culprits, and restored tranquility. Restitution efforts spread as loyal locals formed defenses. The King announced a general amnesty for those who return to duty, with exceptions for leaders.
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