03 Oct 1776
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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 03, 1776
Page
1
Wind N E and distress near Quebec affected the Jane transport while London sails to America. Graveseans report ships Liberty Ridley from Hamburgh and Saruel Gill from Drogheda. Arrivals at Leghorn include Industry from Liverpool and Cadiz, and Bosrowillowess Mathiefod from Riga.
Reports from London detail multiple royal recognitions including Lord Cadogan and Sir Herbert Mackworth kissing the King's hand on promotions. Notifications note Col Faucitt becoming Governor of Tilbury Fort, Captain Paulet gaining an independent company, and James Innes assigned to Gen Fraser's regiment. Evocative dispatches recount Portuguese movements in South America, naval orders, and court anecdotes. Additional items cover Jesuit ornaments, a Rome coronation, and dockyard preparations for ships like Leander and Trident. Deaths, marriages, births, robberies, and court cases accompany the broad civic summary.
A correspondent rebuts a revived tale about the origin of the Percy name. He cites Capt. Gress’s Antiquities noting William Percy, founder of Whitby Abbey, came over with William the Conqueror and had no early link to Northumberland. The letter argues the name derives from Percy in Lower Normandy.
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