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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 28, 1764
Page
2
A Norfolk style notice announces Brentwood races on Warley Common Essex on September 1 or 7 with heats for four year old plates and a gentlemens sweepstakes for hunters. Subscriptions buy entries and plates money funds prizes. Dinner at two. Tickets via Brower Adem and Mr Frenan Brentwood.
The notice details a September race at a Northampton course with a purse of forty pounds for horses never won the value of money within four years old to carry weight specified. Entry is at Red-Lion Inn on a Saturday afternoon with forfeiture rules, entrance fees and prizes, including eleven pounds to be paid by entrants, and conditions about stands, wagons, and liquor allowances.
Arrack and rum offerings advertised for export or home consumption with galloon price quotes. Jamaica rum, brandy, and wine sales listed with sample bottles at the Royal Exchange and nearby locations. delivery and carriage terms, money required, and vague property listings included.
Readable fragments describe colonial tensions under English oversight in New Providence, naval movements near Jamaica and Peninsular trade, and reports from Vienna and Copenhagen. Includes disease in Civita Dacale, maritime commerce, border fortifications, and a fire destroy ing a Birmingham barn with local harvest loss.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a siege outcome with a fort blocked and scarce rations. Mention of John Surrie died as second son of Sir James Suttie, of Busgone, and a reference to East Lalbeto with bleak conditions and potential surrender.
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