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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 21, 1775
Page
2
A letter to the editor denounces a London Association calling for constitutional liberty and a free press amid a debate over royal prerogative and ministerial power. The writer attacks Whigs for opposing ministers while praising the king, warns against unlawful combine, and defends Tory allegiance and the Revolution’s principles.
A General Evening Post letter denounces American rebels as deceitful and violent, condemning their Lexington Concord and Boston actions. It argues rebels manipulate virtue while pursuing aggression, warns that only war can settle the dispute, and criticizes Burkean conciliatory schemes and Parliament’s taxation debates.
The account describes wounds caused by a white poisonous powder blamed for multiple deaths among the wounded. Lieutenant Colonel Abercrombie, though initially lightly wounded, dies soon after. letters in town recount these dreadful circumstances. The piece condemns the General Congress and their assembly as barbaric and intent on defeating the war’s outcome.
A Wanderer describes Rheims in Champaigne as a principal town famed for crowning French kings and producing fine wine. Notable sights include opulent houses, a noble hospital, and especially the Gothic cathedral praised as the world’s most elegant. The text notes wine varieties Mouffer and Non Mouffer, export issues, and climate affecting wine quality.
Anecdote recalls Elizabeth resisting Lord Burleigh Leicester and Walsingham in a Custom House dispute. A waiter Cardwarder challenges officials, the Queen intervenes, defends her dignity, and supports petitioners against oppressive ministers. The tale links patience, taxation, and royal protection.
An advertisement extols Kennedy Corn Plaster as a universal cure for corns, dissolving them or drawing out the root without pain. It claims many crippled users have regained ease and mobility. Available on linen, ready for use, sold by Bayley, Rothwell, Newbery, Price, and Grosvenor at listed locations with price 18 pence.
A 18th century rural treatise extols Lucerne growth methods yielding higher profits than prior England or abroad. Includes Clover observations, fences, manures, drill sowing tools, water power for mills, and mill bottom-work, with promotions for G Robinson’s books and copper plates.
A letter praises MAREDANT's Drops by John Norton of Golden Square London as a cure for measles after prolonged illness in a daughter. The notice claims cures for leprosy scurvy ulcers piles and many afflictions from foul blood. It warns of counterfeit bottles and urges purchase only from Norton and listed retailers including Fleet Street.
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