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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 05, 1777
Page
1
A damaged note addresses Mr Norton at Sago Lane and Golden Square. The readable text laments weather and decay, with scattered phrases about beauty and uncertainty, leaving the overall meaning unclear.
BASIN DEA HOUSE August 6 1777 The Directors of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East announce a General Court at Leadenhall Street on Wednesday the 20th from nine in the morning to five in the evening. It will elect directors to replace Thomas Rambold who has gone abroad. Only members with at least twelve months of 1000k frock or those owning 8000 frock or more may vote. those holding a less valued frock are excluded.
The August 6-7 dispatch details Admiralty orders for a survey of all South Coast seas under two engineers, the Lapwing tender’s Plymouth arrival, and merchants seeking a warship to aid the privateer Tartar. It notes Antigua’s war and famine warning, captures of ships by Americans, a lost Providence crew rescue, and various legal notices, deaths, and appointments.
A mangled excerpt from Lathe Peimver in the London Evening questions the handling of Philadelphia events, questions American prospects, and urges caution about public perceptions. The text laments unclear spectacles, misused funds, and risks in declaring truths about the nation’s leaders and future actions.
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