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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 29, 1767
Page
2
A fragment records a letter from Hans Hamilton to Dr. William Lowther, addressed in Hatton Garden, London, dated February 9, with reference to legal counsel. The readable portion notes formal correspondence between the individuals and a solicitor’s attribution.
A brief inform in your paper to Marines on half pay that their funds up to midsummer last will be issued in a few days due to unavoidable delays across offices. The message notes the payment is imminent and thanks the recipient.
Yesterday arrived mails from Holland and Flanders report Genoa on Aug 4 that Calvi says French troops delivered up a fortress to British forces and embarked on Spanish transports for a Provencal port. Paris Aug 21 says a kingly gift to Compiegne camp officers prompts a regimental share request. Cesions, fires in Liffa Poland, and a 140 year old man in Arhus are noted. Local items cover Copenhagen deaths, Dublin appointments, New York regiments, the Earl of Chatham statue, Kilkenny antiquities, drowning incidents, and rising food costs.
Gosport August 26 reports that on the previous Wednesday evening several seamen of his Majesty's frigate Solebay, mostly Irish natives, were involved in a noted event.
The report recounts a riotous scene before William Adams Sheriff’s Officer as he refused to release a debt prisoner. A group threatened to level the house, fought Adams, who held both prisoners. Birkinshaw, a gunner, tried to calm them, was struck and severely injured. Two attackers were arrested, warrants issued for others.
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