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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 14, 1775
Page
3
Mails from Francs and Fuaxo arrived yesterday, bringing dispatches and correspondence to the local post office. Citizens expect further shipments today as delivery routes resume after a brief delay.
Worcester notes a seller brought the first pocket of new hops at market selling for about 10 shillings per hundredweight. Bristol dispatches from Maryland claim the Provincial Congress is restricting export of provisions, pledging allegiance to the Continental Congress, and ordering ports shut on the 16th per a prior Congress resolution.
A long OCR style log lists arrivals and departures of numerous ships at Dover Cork Waterford Liverpool Lancaster Bristol Falmouth and other ports. It names vessels and captains with origins such as Grenada Dominica London Memel St E3es Archangel and Philadelphia and notes departures to Barcelona Oporto and other ports. The fragment also mentions ships passing by the Prince of Asturias and several named vessels by port of call.
The report covers convocation delays to October, petitions from allies across the Tweed, and loyalist activity in Edinburgh Glasgow and St. Andrews. It details ships movements from Cork and New York with General Schuyler’s arrival and reception, plus British responses in America, powder supplies, and naval forces.
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