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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 06, 1774
Page
3
Amid scarce wheat and flour, towns in Maryland and Virginia receive relief supplies. Wagons bring grain from Pepperell and Wrentham and 105 sheep arrive from Connecticut for charitable purposes. Taverns along the road reportedly declined to accept payments for entertainment or forage.
A fragmentary shipping notice lists ships and arrivals with crews and passengers including the Betty Jackson from Jamaica, and ships such as Neptune and others entering or cleared for ports like Weymouth, Leith, and Berwick. Names of vessels, origins, and destinations appear amid scattered notes on sailings and cargo.
A colonial congress solidarity grows amid mass deputation in Philadelphia and Boston. Patriots denounce Parliament acts, call for non importation measures, pledge allegiance to Britain with limits, and plan a unified response among colonies including Massachusetts and New York delegates.
Postscript laments a letter attacking Governor Ayan as mere curiosity driven by display. It recounts his pious conduct, choice of modest retreat, and intent to aid church reform, including plans for an altar, organ, and bells. The piece notes church attendance rising and the governor’s public admonitions to curb depredations.
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