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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 19, 1786
Page
2
A fragmented poetic text blends personal vows and longing with scattered imagery. The speaker references love, fidelity, and distant places, intermitting with stray phrases about eyes and hands and a distant city. The piece reads as a stream of emotional fragments rather than a coherent narrative.
Fragmentary 18th century notice mentions the Royal Exchange and Chancery Court with a deadline on the sixth day of January in a year ending 5. It cites fifteen days allowed by the justice and references preventing infared Yohosts and police policy enforcement.
The page fragment reports on diverse topics including naval and colonial dispatches, French and British trade concerns, Irish governance proposals, emigration to Quebec, and court proceedings. It notes Lord Dorchester’s arrival, a trade treaty debate, trials at the Old Bailey, and executions at Newgate, with scattered market and shipping items and weather-related notes.
Fragmentary notice from Lombard Street and Freet Street in London discusses fees and emoluments, with references to sums like two hundred pounds and subscriptions, indicating a financial or legal matter with particulars to be sent to correspondents in the country.
Prices of stocks listed this day show various shifts with bonds and consols quoted. Notable items include 4 per cent Consols around 92 7-Sths and South Sea Stock near 34, with Navy Lottery tickets priced at 1s 9d. Scrip and exchange bills also noted.
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