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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 31, 1776
Page
4
Architrave and a companion tumble under a table as chaos erupts. A battle friend cries Zounds about a bad omen while the Exchequer champion drops from his perch. The speaker, averse to drunken jokes, seizes the moment to retreat from the confusion.
A letter to the Earl of March from a Presbyter expresses thanks for his appointment as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and First Commissioner of Police. It imagines a new era for the Kirk, praises the King, and urges strict church discipline and moral reform, invoking Knox and casting the commissioner as a reformer. The tone is hallowed and satirical in equal measure.
A London Evening Post letter calls Britons to rising patriotism amid an American dispute. The writer warns that indifference threatens national welfare and warns Britain stands at the brink of total destruction, urging urgency and virtue to avert catastrophe.
CAMILLUS argues against continued warfare with the American colonies. He notes heavy debts and looming ruin, urges abandoning the ruinous plan, and proposes seeking a reconciliation to preserve national honor and avoid annihilation. The letter, dated Aug 29, 1776, warns that deeper conflict could destroy Britain’s glory and empire.
A fragmented note from Hemel Hempsted Hertfordshire mentions two year old pointers at the King’s Arms. It describes regular well bred and fleet dogs with fine noses and abundant game killed last season. The reference includes a date around July 28.
An old verse memorial mocks a famed skeptic who doubted the soul. It notes a pension once paid by his sovereign as a punchline, then states the pension ends now that doubts are said to be cleared.
In a fragment on secession the writer asks what can shield people from oppression when bribery taints both Houses. The answer declares virtue should withdraw without disdain and asserts that nothing saves the nation but secession.
An assertive wartime reflection likens strategy to rolling loaded dice, arguing that in battle outcomes are doomed either way. It condemns indecision and contends that pursuing conquest harms the aggressor more than the foe, framing the war as a self-inflicted setback.
The piece discusses British military estimates of General Howe's forces at Staten Island including Highlanders and Hessians, criticizes ministers for alleged mismanagement and bias against generals, references letters and reports on naval actions, transports costs, and press coverage, and notes political figures and recent deaths.
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