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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 26, 1786
Page
3
The London Evening Post ponders a marvel named in a fragmentary Kraken story. It recounts encounters with a sea creature of immense strength, likening it to legendary beasts and discussing its supposed powers and origin across ancient civilizations.
A fragmentary chronicle lists seismic events from 1731 to 1760s across England Scotland Wales and Guernsey. It records shocks in Aynhoe Northamptonshire Arundel Hallifax Leeds Liverpool Nottinghamshire London and more, describing frightened crowds damaged buildings and lost lives including the Libon calamity with 79200 fatalities.
Fragmentary OCR records describe travelers and coaches in meigh villages at night with many staying in inns and lodgings scarce by daybreak. The text hints at crowded roads and scarce accommodations, reflecting disrupted movement and lodging scarcity in the area.
The item lists knighthood confirmations for Charles Marsh of Reading and Michael Nowell Sheriff of Cornwall. It also records warrants for new writs to elect MPs for Norwich and Berwick upon Tweed, with dates August 23 25 1736. Additional notes mention Lord Luttrell joining the Privy Council and various addresses of districts praising the king after an assassination attempt.
Notices of bankruptcies include William Mirall of Alf fxints Worcet er surrendering assets at the Caren Inng Worceter on September 16 and October 7. Names such as William dea are Worcetter and Willis Johnie Jaall t a iesy dinner Pent wle lane London appear among others with surrender dates and locations across Middlesex York and Ipswich.
An old advertisement for the Royal Chemical Wash Ball promotes skin whitening and softening benefits. It touts forty years of noble pedigree, consumer safety notes, and sealed genuine balls with directions signed by Courtenay. It warns buyers to avoid counterfeits and perfume shops in the area.
In Paris the Parliament delivered its definitive sentence on the memorial by M. Dupary, president of the Bordeaux council, calling for suppression of the memorial as inflammatory and misleading. The public viewed the memorial as an effort to save the three convicts. The piece also notes Allied and royal affairs, prices, and political tensions across Europe.
London to Baltimore ship Maryland packet under Captain Browne endures a severe gale near Cape Charles on the 2S bull. Valuable cargo aboard is preserved though damage reported. New Jersey adjourns with an act limiting slave imports and authorizing manumission under restrictions to curb abuse.
A letter from Calais dated Aug 47 describes an English messenger and a volatile scene about commerce between kingdoms. It also notes a French ship Le Marquis de Thurcours captured near Cape François, losses from a corsair engagement, cargo jettison, and a pirate sighting near the harbor.
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