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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 27, 1763
Page
2
A Northampton race meeting set for Tuesday September 27 1763 on the New Course. Entries detail horse ages weights and prizes with entries due before the arrival of the Red Lion Inn in Northampton. further racing on Wednesday September 28 carries fifty pound weight allowances and stipends.
John Harbour, in gratitude for generous favors from noblemen and gentlemen, informs patrons he has moved from the Golden Lion Inn in Hardpore to the Black Inn in the same town. The new house will be neatly fitted and elegantly furnished, with a promise to continue the high standard of service and acknowledge favors gratefully, August 20, 1763. Bridport, Aug. 20, 1763. Joan Harsour
Aug 1 Givita Vecchia notes rising Barbary corsair numbers after peace and questions about discharged Alpine sailors. Genoa Dec 6 reports Bastia quiet with rebels sending four small corsairs. Compiegne Aug 20 mentions Duke of Berry and Count of Provence returning to Versailles. Queen’s room dates, king’s itinerary toward Versailles and La Thuette.
A Virginia missive from Winchester reports Indian threats and desertions across Hampshire and Frederick counties, with 548 men 538 women and 181 children sheltering in forts. Detroit's siege by 1500 tribes is noted, Major Gladwin repelling them and exchanging chiefs. Pittsburgh braces as Venango falls and garrisons suffer, while Ensign Price escapes Le Boeuf. County news details robberies and a famed highway felon and a farmer's wife eloping with cash then being recovered.
Ware delivers a royal birth celebratory scene with firing bells illuminations and public joy in Dublin. A burglary in Meath sees 600 pounds stolen. The Niger frigate arrives at Cork and the Kitty sloop founders near Portaferry with crew saved. rescue expected pending weather.
Edinburgh Aug. 22. All marine officers in Scotland have received Admiralty orders to report to London immediately. Officers attached to several signaling regiments and those on furlough also have orders to join their regiments.
Port records note arrivals including Helena Gally from Zante for Guernsey with currants and Polly from Plymouth. Several ships sail or proceed to ports such as Cadiz Philadelphia Quebec Lisbon Portsmouth and Chester with crews listed. Ships like Charming Nan and Morning Star are mentioned among others with arrivals and departures noted.
Reports from London describe ongoing confabs with the King at the Queen's palace, with high officials named as new secretaries and ministers. Dispatches from Bard in Switzerland and Portsmouth recount personal intrigues, naval movements, and a French ship convoy guiding ships to the Downs and Spithead with dragoon money and a Foucroyant taking the field.
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