Theatrical turmoil at Drury Lane as managers clash
Postscript reports fierce disputes among Drury Lane managers led by Sheridan and King, producing chaos, empty boxes, and unpaid ad patronage. A meeting failed to resolve differences while new pieces and rehearsals stir anticipation amid political overtones about liberty and governance.
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Fames
Seorge
Robert Lee James
Bruton-street
Middlesx
James
Robert James
Westmiotter
Jong Fladding
Iif
Newbery
Fleming Pinkstan
Alban’s-street
Jun
St. Paul's Churchyard
Dr. James
Drury-lane
Sheridan
Taft
Richard
King
Drury-Lane Theatre
Theatre Royal
Randolph
Garrick
Beaumont and Fletcher
the Grumbler
Sir C. Sedley
Mr. Linley
Doctor Ford
Mr. Ley
Cibber
Fragmented extract of political discourse and war news
An extended, fragmentary survey covers political philosophy on virtue and state power, popular assemblies, and civil rights, with references to monarchic and noble interests. It shifts to dispatches from Holland and Cadiz, notes on Gibraltar agriculture, Algiers corsairs, and Persian-Turkish affairs, then reports London parliamentary prorogation, New York siege matters, and echoes of colonial unrest and slave revolts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xenophon
Holland
Mapaio
Etters
Cadiz
Monte- Video
Brazil
Buenos Ayres
Gibraltar
Alafemas
Petersburgh
Persia
Washingtons recommendation spurs evacuation calls in New York
A colonial letter recounts Washington urging women and children to flee New York amid bombardment fears. Reports claim 6x thousand soldiers ill in the city and Dutch, Hessian, and royal forces facing defections as Connecticut troops resist replacing New York provincials. An Ireland note cites privateers sailing from Salem and cargoed guns and stores, while market notices and infant care products fill the page.
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Lancaster
Harlaem
Duchess County
Washington
New-York
Connecticut
Cumberland County
Pennsylvania
Dragoons
Royal Army
Ireland
Dublin
Corke
Salem
Madeira
Straits
Tri Channel
England
Stock price notices and ex-dividend updates
A fragmented stock list shows prices and ex-dividend percentages for various shares including India, Bank Ann, Navy, and other entities. The entries mix percentages such as 140 percent ex div, 80 percent ex div, 4 percent, and 41a40 percent with several undefined codes and figures, resembling a late 19th or early 20th century financial update page.
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India
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Cambridge
Moore
Prearte
Arker
Robin
Wea
Tycho Wing
Cardanus
Rider
Company of Stationers
George Hawkins
Ludgate- Steet
Saunderson
Dethia
Theniversity of Cambridges
W. Bowyer
Lcholé
J. F
C. Rivinetod
Daniel Smith
F. Newbery
Edward Weston
Jagob
Charles, Weston
A.M
Durham
J. Archdeacon
Woodyer
T. Cadell
the Strand
T. Besgroft
Paternofter Row
London
France
Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris
Loftus -Wood
M.D
J. Brew
Paternofter-row
Great Britain and Ireland
Evenine
Post
Alga
Richmond
Kew
Lord North
Camelford
Francis Herne
Long Iland
King’s Bridge
New York
Florida
Regslator
South Carolina
Aceston
Matter
Howe
Newtown
Putnam
Philadelphia
Continental Congress
Tom
Robert Gordon
Thomas Waite
Congress
Falmouth
Conway
Lantaffer
Jamaica
Kingston
Jacobs
Hunter
Port-au-Prince
Peter Marks
Whitechapel
Warren
Casey
Richard Warren
Golden-Fleece
Marybone-street
Golden-square
Woodstreet
Cheapside
Corn Exchange
Lane
Bank
Pr. Navy
E Bille
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