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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 09, 1790
Page
4
A brief plea addressed to the editor of the Evéwina Post requesting attention to a concern or opinion, reflecting formal 19th or early 20th century letter style. The fragment preserves a named publication and a direct salutation.
Postscript from Paris reports warm, fine weather with a 15 degree reading at 11 p.m. The Court mourns the Duke of Cumberland for eleven days. The National Assembly debates 800 million Affignats, markets react, and stock reports show the Caiffe at 3484. Dispatches note libels, confiscations, and a mad dog case prompting police enforcement of dog laws. The Marseille Paoli ceremony includes guards, a wreath, bells, and acclamations as crowds honor the revolutionary figure.
London reports that peace or war hinges on the Spanish court as financial nerves tighten. A long column notes bank activity, Navy bill disturbances, troop drafts from Guards, and rumors of Tippoo Saib’s march, while Jamaica and Havana news describe ship fires, drought, and price pressures in trade and education debates.
On Sunday Laf died Brompton Grove Middlesex in her 64th year Mrs Mabel Drummond, representative of Hawthorn den family, dies. She is succeeded by her first cousin Captain Pinkerton.
The Evening schedule lists Drury Lane presenting The Tempest and The Island of St Marguerite, Covent Garden offering King Lear with The Provocation, plus Love for Love with No Song No Supper and The Duenna with The Provocation this evening. The listings note matinee performances yesterday and performances tonight in theatrical venues.
Richard son Geldluck and Co offer the 11th State Lottery Tickets and legal stamped shares at low prices. Office at No 104 Bank buildings Cornhill and opposite the King's Mews Charing Cross. Tickets and shares in previous lotteries have seen large prize sales in shares. Begins Drawing Nov 16. The tickets and shares for the ensuing English State Lottery, drawing February 9 next, are also on sale.
A crowded Down Channel list records nine ships sailing for Batavia Domnica and Africa, plus crews bound for Grenada Dublin and York, with numerous others arriving or departing from Onega Oporto Limerick Amsterdam Hamburg Jamaica Riga and Stockholm.
An 18th century advertisement note for a travel book series led by Captain Sutherland of the 25th Regiment detailing the corrected second edition Tour up the Straits from Gibraltar to Constantinople with war news miners across Austria Russia and Turkey. It lists other works for sale including Captain Drinkwater’s Siege of Gibraltar Captain Paterson’s Journeys in the Cape Mr Walker’s Travels in France Italy and Germany and notes pricing and format options.
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