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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 27, 1765
Page
2
Broad racing schedule with purses at Epsom Downs and Wisbech in May 1755. Includes horse age weights entry fees, plates and heats, subscription rules, and ancillary events such as balls, cock matches, and livery stables. Names such as George Sing and Cook's Stables appear, with details on entry dates and required certificates.
A 1765 Guilford meeting lists on Whitsun Week races at Merrow Downs. Majestys Plate of one hundred guineas for horses under six years opens Tuesday May 28, followed by Ladies Stake and Gentlemens Contribation Plate on successive days, with entry rules, weights, and purses. Public announcements note further sales and auctions of estates, inclosing farms in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, and properties in North Allerton and Pickhall cum Roxby, with notices of bids and terms.
Port outward and inward movements list ships arriving at Southampton Deal Gravesend and other harbors with names such as Monarch Allen from Rotterdam and Peggy Loweins from Hamburgh. Vessels arrive Liverpool Bristol Neath and Glasgow with crews and cargoes, while several ships sail for Newfoundland St Kitts and the Canaries. Country notices report a coffin gift in Worcester and a sudden death in Huntingdon. Norwich officials discuss corn imports amid price worries. marriages and a Bridewell case are briefly noted.
Letters from Hamburg dated the 19th claim a new treaty of alliance was concluded between the Empress of Russia and the King of Denmark just as the post departed. Berlin reports mention a society at Carlsruhe in that Electorate promoting arts and manufactures by granting properties.
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