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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 07, 1786
Page
4
A historical excerpt outlines plans for a Poor Rate funded by weekly earnings taxes on manufacturers. It details contributions by earners, provisions for widows and funerals, allowances for aged workers, church collections, and governance by churchwardens and a parish committee. The text frames industrial welfare as a civic duty with funds channeled via the bank for church use.
Eastidia House announces a December meeting at Leadenhall Street for a director of the United Company of Africa. The notice lists Richard J. Hall of Evy as deceased and names a time in the evenings for the proceedings.
Dec 6 1786 record from SPRE Conmiscee of Shipping notes reading of a court to receive preliminaries for supplying the Company with cargo and gear. The notice calls for proposals and outlines the process, with a meeting to review bids and decisions by twelve o clock at a designated place.
Fragmentary OCR text references a meeting, transfers, assets and bids with scattered names and dates. It mentions directors, land, receipts, and payments but lacks coherent details or a complete event. The readable portions suggest a local corporate or legal notice with financial transactions.
A fragment from a 1740 petition-style letter to the Gentlemen Clergy and Freeholders of Middlesex County. The writer expresses gratitude for allied efforts and condemns misrepresentations and threats from opponents, promising continued perseverance in county affairs. The dated signature shows Dec. 7, 1740.
In a concise display, Vawter with Puessry'o and Bon Tok bring a vent garden program titled He Wov't BEA Sonprer. Lova IN Came participates, showcasing experimental horticultural art.
The letter from Lifoon arrived via the King George packer indicating dispatches to Falnioth and Sir Clifton Wintringham’s appointment as Surgeon General. Reports cover Barbary vessels depredations, trade protection, and court delays in the Lady Strathmore case, with broader notes on international negotiations and domestic security actions.
Fragmentary text mentions names and places but lacks coherent facts. No identifiable event, date, or clear entities to summarize into a concrete news item.
Fragmentary OCR shows a historic securities table with notes on consols, annuities, bonds, South Sea stock, Navy prizes lottery, and various percent rates. Mentions 1924 dated items and exchange quotations, but many words are garbled.
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