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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 01, 1787
Page
3
The document outlines Royal consent to raise a four year corps of twelve thousand troops, two divisions of infantry and cavalry, with pay scales and equipment. It details command structure, transfer conditions, transport, and stipend rules for maintaining and deploying forces under British sovereignty and allied contingents.
An OCR fragment presents a dated legal record ending September 28 1787 in Cutel. Names and precise actions are unclear. text references sovereigns, the high court, and provisions for a party to advance. The excerpt hints at a concluding order by a governance body and a financial or procedural finale.
The Speater chaired the Commons at three. Petitions for private bills were received. The Committee of Supply opened and orders were given. Fox demanded copies of the French notification and the Pragmatic resolution papers. Adjourned after outlining ensuing debates and upcoming business.
The report records multiple ships arriving at or sailing from Gravesend and related ports. Vessels named include The Providence from Rochfort The Maria from Sevile The Seafower from Mevil and others with origins such as Quebec Cork Memel and Plymouth. Several ships departed for the West Indies and Jamaica with cargoes and passengers indicated in terse entries.
Readable portions show tickets No 35975 and No 39785 drawn the same day with prizes, sold in Slaves by Messrs Wenham at the old and only Office 10 Poultry, plus tickets No 13678 at First Dawn and No 19472 dated the twelfth day.
Bank Stock quoted at 67 5 qths per cent with reductions noted. Conful stock at 74 3-4ths. 4 per cent Conful at 95 1-2. Short Ditto 1773 at 15 1-6. Bank Long Ann 22 1-2. Inca Stock and Annuels listed. South Sea Stock, Ditto Bonds, New Ditto 3 per cent. Navy Lottery Tickets 161.165. Exch Bills.
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