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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 21, 1777
Page
4
A London Evening Post reader scolds British women for their fashion hats, mocking towering headgear and insinuating caps signify flirtation or immorality. The letter promises to continue until women abandon immodest headpieces or publicly declare their meanings, claiming to defend public virtue.
A correspondent provides a long description of the Mosquito Shore, noting its coast near Cape Gracias a Dios, British title via cession, governance by a Jamaica superintendent, and potential for luxury crops, shipbuilding, and settlement with favorable climate and resources.
In early 1776 under Governor of Jamaica directions a Superintendent arrived to establish a Council on the Mosquito Shore with power to enact laws for settlers for three years or until rejected by Jamaica authorities. Courts of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas were sent down, with appeals to Jamaica. Locals seek open protection and anticipate growth as the region inspires planter jealousy and potential value across Caribbean holdings. May 26, 1777.
The London Evening Post condemns ministerial craft and self-interest that undermine the kingdom. It argues peers, parliament, country gentlemen, stockholders, and the poor alike support ruinous measures for gain, yielding a corrupt system that threatens national ruin and a fragile foundation.
The writer accuses the Ministry of secrecy while promising to publish truth about affairs in New York. He notes Lady Gage’s arrival with dispatches, asks why Michiltr remains silent, and details General Howe’s Jersey campaign aims to breach Washington’s entrenchments and move to joint action with Cornwallis. Washington held strong, Cornwallis could not retreat, and Howe re-embarked about 13,000 troops at Am- on the 73d of June.
The scene from July 18 depicts transports off Amboy and Staten Island while Cornwallis holds about 7000 troops in the Jerseys. Washington nears his post as Lady Gate retreat fails. Reports count over thirty officers captured or killed, with Colonel Fletcher and Captain Finch slain in a skirmish and Major General Prescott seized after be ing warned by his guard and a nearby serjeant.
The London Evening Post receives a letter signed Faces refuting a previous claim about Lord Newhaven. It asserts that his reception at Canterbury occurred as described by his friends who invited him and that dissenters from the Church and King gave him a smarting reception. The writer defends Lord Newhaven’s honesty and mocks the accuser.
Postscript from Quebec reports the capture of Ticonderoge with minimal resistance. Burgoyne’s army moves toward Howe. over 120 cannons said taken. American losses tallied with 5-6 hundred killed and 6-7 thousand driven into woods. desertions exceed 5000 across the British dominions. Corroborating notes critique London governance and praise Johnson’s return to Litchfield, while signals from Dover and Deal describe naval movements and prize sightings.
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