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Newspaper

General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 20, 1774

Page

4

Prologue at the Garden Theatre Opening Scene

Fragmented text presents a prologue written and spoken by Mr Woodward amid stage action. It shows dialogue about opening the theatre, a bell, a battle scene, and promises to the audience and judges, with mentions of stage crew and preparations for a performance.

Wood War D. Woidward Wrekivard J Peieward Erogne Syettieh Tvefen Ran Panay Alenanaere Hyren Fender Finisco Ponatigui

Coronation Anniversary Tours and Colonial News Split

Report on the British royal procession from Kew to the Queen's Palace, coronation anniversary observations, and dispatches sent to Lord Stormont in Paris. Letters from Boston and Virginia detail governance changes in Massachusetts and preparations for the Philadelphia Congress, plus notices of economic activity, fires, thefts, and market prices from London and Kingston Jamaica.

Kew Queen’s Palace Mr. Booth Lord Rochford Lord Stormont Paris Lord M Afi Frech Court Duke of Lord S France Bofen New-England Lane Scarborough England Gage Danvers Boston Robert Treat Paine Commons House of Assembly Philadelphia Watertown Bowdein Wikkempiurgh General Congress Hon Peyton Randolph Richards Meary Lée George Washington Henry Richard Bland Benjamin Harrison Pendleton Bolling Dinwiddie Virginia Montego Bay Fameica Kingston John Bell Court of Common Pleas Portland Providence John Sill Portugal Lisbon Turkey Constantinople Plymouth America West- Indies Jonathan Wildias Wild John Scotland Covent-garden T. Hearts Butkley Leadenhall Market Whitechapel

Royalist plea on sheep theft case stirs mercy hopes

A Royalist writer argues for mercy in a case involving Reid, who claims the sheep found in his possession were bought fair and honestly. The narrative compares Reid to Merritt and Madan, notes an impending fourteenday respite, and seeks a Scotland opinion on the fate of a man who may face execution on circumstantial evidence.

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