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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 05, 1771
Page
2
The Library Porticar and Miscellaneous Repository letter condemns Edmund for aiding a foreigner and praises a brother Jesuit while accusing the publication of murder by reputation. It argues the editor’s actions have harmed public trust and equates it with just punishment.
To the Editor of the GENERAL EVENING Post Junius Confuted argues Eyre and Pomfret cases reveal ignorance. Lord Mansfield absent due to fittings at Guildhall, duties delayed by vote. The piece questions Junius’s ability to be in two places at once despite being Irish.
To the Editor of the General Evening Post. A calculation of profits from lands planted with cedars, silver firs, plantations of William Mitford near Gibury, Hampshire, shows 100 acres yielding 69,981 in 41 years, 33,165 in 30 years, and 6,601 in 18 years after deducting rents. The piece argues this system suits waste lands, noting the silver fir’s wind resistance and a July cut, November floor use, with prices measured by Mitford’s carpenter.
A proposed program for independent light horse patrols along major roads from Hyde Park to Bath includes stations every five miles with cannon and kept stables. Innkeepers would log strangers and horses, and rewards would fund pay for captured criminals. The plan aims for rapid alarm across a hundred miles.
The plan orders Postmasters to receive funds locally and guards mails from departure to morning patrol. It requires stable keepers in London Westminster and five miles radius to register names, addresses, horses, and descriptions at Bow Street Police Office. Holders must verify hires and report robberies with horse descriptions. failure to report incurs guilt.
Fragmentary text offers few readable facts about a cannitie event. Names, dates, and places are unreadable, leaving only a vague note of an incident. The item reads like a partial OCR fragment with no clear confirmable details or outcomes.
A dark humorous epitaph lines the husband and wife as one corpse in a single grave. The couple urges quiet and warns that even in death their unrest remains. It laments misfortune and broken happiness, noting pain and misaligned hopes despite eternal rest.
A testimonial dated Sept 26 1778 to Mr Norton surgeon in Golden-square London thanks him for curing a boy of smallpox and a violent hand and face disease. The notice invites the public to visit the Strand address to verify cures for leprosy scurvy ulcers fistulas piles and other blood disorders. The drops are sold at six shillings and never sold for less than 31x shillings.
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