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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 24, 1775
Page
2
The Stationers Company sues Thomas Conan over the exclusive right to print Alloranacks. The suit cites a long standing patent grant from King James and relates to the printer’s rights and enforcement in publication. The proceedings are public as part of a larger action.
An advertisement promotes tin plate kitchen furniture and a range of utensils by Gideon Dare in Cockspur Street London. It lists tea kettles coffee pots saucepans soup pots spoons and a steam stewing pot with prices and a five year guarantee, noting Navy officer use and delivery upon payment.
Yesterday arrived mail from France Hague and Zug. Our Surinam colony remains alarmed by runaway slaves. On October 12 Col. Fourgeaud, commander of the Republic's troops, marched up the Commewine river and found a Neproe town with 120 cabins and cultivated lands, but the inhabitants had fled farther into the countryside upon news of the approach.
A letter from Bolton dated July 13 reports heavy casualties among officers and soldiers due to heat and lack of provisions after a June 7 engagement. Hospitals fill, burials happen without coffins, and trenches are dug in the burial ground. Other notes describe Provincials burning a guard house on the Neck, cattle and stock seizures on Long Island, and fears the town cannot hold out three months. Additional items cover neutral Indian tribes, provisioning, and British naval movements near the Canary Islands and Caribbean.
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