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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 10, 1775
Page
4
An excerpt from the Exitor of the Gexnen aL Evanwine Poet in King's Lynn Norfolk reports a paragraph in last Saturday's issue. A plaintive address from the town was presented by the Memiers Ne datreft and sent from A Fries to Trurs.
A broad compilation from August 1775 reports gun removals and cannon disputes at the battery in New York City. Captain Vandeput informs the mayor of threats and gun removal by townspeople. Letters from Samuel Hicks and G. Vandepot describe attacks, warnings, and demands for satisfaction from magistrates. Reports cover Cambridge, Westmoreland Indians, and coastal fires, with theatre news and elections mixed in.
A petition signed by upwards of eleven hundred residents was presented to his Majesty yesterday by William Baker and two city members. A Britto petition, similar to the King’s Arms Tavern copy, was presented by Edmund Burke, one of the city’s representatives. The Provincial Congress of New Felay passed a resolve requiring armed men to return to their provinces during distress, with provincial magistrates commanded to enforce it.
The fragmentary text recounts a pawn shop burglary in Oxford Street where an apprentice was shot while alarming the family, notes lottery offices and share sales at Hazaup and Co, and records various local notices including a marriage in St Clement’s Dangs and the death of Mr Edward Kernyon of Manchester.
Fragmentary notes discuss a bank or financial project with references to bonds, percentages, and bids. The readable items mention India bonds and general banking terms, with unclear figures and stray words from a financial page.
The readable fragment notes the paper is already in print and comments on the steady publication schedule. It hints at the importance of regularity for the publication’s credibility and audience reliance.
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