This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 26, 1776
Page
3
Extracts recount troop movements in Copenhagen and Berlin, a new bank ordinance at Altona, talks between Poland and Lithuania on arrears and pensions, and various notices from London including a marble bust of the Lord Chancellor, births marriages and deaths, plus juvenile theft incidents and jail break alerts.
Norwich reports a fatal accident at Repps where a farmer’s gun killed his wife. Burnham Market and nearby towns face a mountebank fraud draining the poor, with a servant girl stealing in hopes of jewelry. Hunstanton lighthouse burns, Cambridge prize for Prophecy awarded to Rev Mr Hayes of Trinity College.
Shipping notices show arrivals and sailings with multiple named vessels and origins including Jamaica Bilboa Petersburgh Lisbon Oporto Calais Stockholm Bilboa and more. Ships such as Lovely Lass Ebenezer Holt Nicholas Boyle and Samuel Baigre appear among crews and destinations including Bristol Falmouth Jersey Guernsey and Whitty Road reflecting bustling 18th or 19th century port traffic.
Yesterday three houses of rendezvous in Wapping and Tower Hill opened for seamen to enter on board his Majesty ships to receive bounty money. An old 20 gun ship is to be fitted at Plymouth as guardship for Cork Cove. Jamaica reports plenty of seamen aiding merchant ships and privateers against Americans, with prize money shared by a Kingston privateer crew. A Viper sloop of war report notes an engagement with three American sails off Hispaniola ending with prisoner captures.
A brief notice notes a pamphlet or issue titled This Day Was Published with a price of 25 pence per copy. It indicates a general utility work accessible to readers, following plain language and clear presentation, though specific contents or author are not detailed.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.