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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 23, 1777
Page
4
A dramatic plea rails against ministers who undervalued colonial commerce until French control exposed its worth. It includes a postscript warning a colleague minister of justice, guilt, and the violent consequences of ambition, revealing a torn political landscape and accusations of tyranny, murder, and betrayal.
A London Evening Post correspondent corrects an error about General Washingtons age. He cites a 1753 Virginia dispatch detailing Washingtons 409 mile ascent to demand French withdrawal from Ohio country, showing he was 45 rather than 68, proving his early intrepidity and current vigor in safeguarding colonial liberties.
Mails arrived from Holland and Flanders. Reports from Lifton and Utrecht discuss Marquis de Pombal and a Spanish-leaning stance. Paris notes 1200 artillerymen and a privateer case tied to Capt. Cunningham. Letters cite Lafayette about Liberty and Fame. Fire at Glasgow soap works. Edinburgh weddings and deaths. stock prices and a Cambridge election.
A demotic, archaic couplet fragment laments crowing from a dunghill and the fall of rebels. The lines question presumption and self-betrayal, hinting at downfall after boasting. The damaged text preserves no clear event or person.
An archaic fragment notes disquiet and accusation amid a desolate scene. The terse lines evoke a speaker addressing a nation, referencing devotion and duty in a political or moral fault line. The tone mirrors a nineteenth century voice, centering on accountability and national strain.
London gossip notes Colonel Londorn Dalling is appointed Governor of Jamaica in place of the late Sir Basil Keith. Lieutenant Barrington, aide to Major General Prescott, is described as the governor’s nephew and prisoner with him. The piece mocks ministerial spirits over the news and cites portsmouth letters about ships and arrivals.
Fragmented OCR text shows an old advertisement or notice likely from a 19th century publication. It mentions a price, a title line "This day was published," and a price of one shilling and sixpence, with references to a location "No. 46" and a street name resembling Fitzet fret. The legible elements suggest a short publisher notice or catalog entry rather than a full article.
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