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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 07, 1770
Page
4
A dense, polemical tract arguing that government exists to secure public happiness and protect rights, not to oppress. It insists people, not rulers, origin of power. kings serve the state and are accountable. It condemns royal addresses and ministers who shield tyranny, urging Parliament and people to constrain power.
General-Post-Office reports a mail robbery on Gateshead Common between Newcastle and Durham on Aug 7, detaining the Newcastle and York bags with letters to London. A man about five feet ten inches on a bay horse is identified. no notes or bills yet recovered. Authorities urge anyone with information to come forward.
A long column of items reports a post boy’s robbery near Gateshead, rumors about a Treasury secretary and pensions, naval and diplomatic hints, parties in high places, and a vivid anecdote about a celebrated lawyer. It includes arrivals at Portsmouth and references to Whitfield’s America mission, local elections, and market prices in Leeds and Winchester.
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