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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 07, 1776
Page
3
Tuesday report notes the arrival of Serremier Io Yetflerdas along with mail from Holland France and Flanders. The ceremony or context remains unclear but highlights cross continental correspondence and travel.
In Dublin on Sept 3 an attorney was committed to Newgate by Alderman James Hamilton on oath for producing and receiving payment of a bank draft drawn in favor of Christopher Reilly, salesmaster, for 1171 pounds 75 shillings 5 pence. The attorney allegedly altered the draft and date to obtain repayment, prompting detection and arrest while bail was refused by the city magistrates.
Edinburgh report describes a 14 year old boy in Midmar parish Aberdeenshire going out with a horse and tethered cattle. Ropes accidentally wound about his neck as the horse dragged him, and he died before aid could reach. In a separate notice at Woodhouselee, Miss Arabella Kerr married William Herries of Londons.
Bristol fair reports unusually high demand for clothing trade goods especially coarse cloth. Clothiers across the country acknowledge sales but complain of soaring wool prices. Also notes peaches plentiful in Salisbury market and a tragic suicide in Blewberry after wages, with a widow and two children. Cambridge marriage announced between Frammmingham Thurston and Miss Holworthy.
Ships arriving and sailing from Dublin Ancona Amsterdam and Lisbon plus vessels from Embden Groningen Hamburg Petersburgh Barbadoes Jamaica with crews named. Ports include Gravesend Southampton Plymouth Milford Bristol Falmouth and Barcelona. Various named vessels and captains listed with routes and origins.
Fresh instructions arrived at Lord George Germain's office from General Carleton in Quebec. The Mary, Capt. Edwards, brought the dispatches to Dover from Quebec after a fort passage.
Reports detail British reactions to Sir Peter Parker’s fleet and inland defense plans in Charlestown, with notes on valuations of houses, supply runs to America, and recent sieges. Including a New York mail error, Polish confederacy formation, Baltic seizures, Portmouth dispatches, and local crime and court actions with robberies and arrests.
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