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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 10, 1771
Page
4
An 18th century letter to the London Evening Post celebrates cheap meat due to a dry season causing grass and hay shortages and good crop prospects, urging nobles to support plough agriculture over grazing. It jokes about political rivalries and proposes a cross-inking scheme to promote unity and reform.
A historic epitaph proposal urges readers to reflect on Parf Turncoat’s paradoxical status and condemns the burden of land tax. It references Northamptonshire officials, Sir Edmund Isham and Sir William Davy, and notes instructions from the High Sheriff and Grand Jury to reduce land tax at the next Parliament.
A London Evening Post letter mocks party strife and proposes a sensational, violent cure. The author suggests pairing leaders from the King's Friends and the Patriots, then sawing off the occiputs to despatch them and force a national harmony. The piece satirically condemns partisan zeal while exposing radical rhetoric.
A citizen named Timotry Straightways asserts ancestral rights to a field path from Johnny Wells's Swan to the common, declaring the route a birthright and promising to join a Shoreditch procession on the 21st, then return for punch and porter at Weils's. He calls for Hoxton liberty supporters to gather early for the march amid tensions over barricading bricks, mortar, and timber.
Two lots to be sold by auction at Swan Inn Harborough on Tuesday the 24th of September between 11 in the forenoon and 1 in the afternoon if not sold privately. Lot one includes eight ancient inclosures comprising over one hundred and eleven acres of improvable pasture land in Lubenham, Leicestershire, now leased to John Ingram of Foxton at 7s per annum, with a lease due at Lady Day next. The sale is preceded by a note of the Love Epistles translated from Greek, and mentions the publisher details in London Bath and Oxford.
Postscript and scattered items recount court intrigue in Britain, with Johnson, Lord North, and the Duke of Gloucester amid royal scandal. Intelligence from Madrid, Paris, and Jamaica touches naval movements, regimental quarters, and a famed banquet at the Mansion House, while Worcester races yield prizes for Yeates and others.
The readable words include references to dates times places and names obfuscated by OCR errors. The passage appears to be a garbled listing or notice with scattered figures such as percentages quantities and location hints, but no clear coherent event or subject emerges.
An OCR style fragment lists cake making and shoe items, with references to water based processes and various vendors. Mentions teacakes, perfumery in Paris, Rothwell and Greg Senor, and a coffee house. The text is garbled and contains several shop names and scattered phrases.
Fragmentary OCR notes show unclear reference to a Whitechapel hay market or fair and a crowd scene. It mentions hay, possibly dates or ranges, and scattered words suggesting public notices or listings. Insufficient context prevents precise event or人物 identification.
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