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Newspaper

London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Dec 26, 1776

Page

3

East India ships and outbound bound vessels list

The departure season records a fleet from Egmont to India and Harbours with vessels such as the East Indiaman Valentine, the Success for Dublin, and several warships and transports. Arrivals include Mary from Oporto and industry ships at Falmouth and Gravesend. Multiple ships report outward and inward movements from Deal, Falmouth, and Portsmouth with various destinations and origins such as Lisbon, Drogheda, Malaga, and New York.

Deal Egmont India Sir Wilam John H. Deane Hallifax Duba Dublin Fowéy Mary Herbert Oporto Charming Sally Wheatly Quebec Dover Walsby Polly Nancy Wade Lisbon Gravesend Liberty Griffith Drogheda Swath Settin Grace Ashenhurst Malaga Louisa Payne St. Kits Scuart Tindal Dixon Belfast Liddle Peggy Cole Maidstone Driver Good Intent Harrison William Lamb Perth Midford Foster Adamant Walker Elizabeth Kent Britannia Butterwick Watson Blefsing Ackinson Fanny Hudson Prince Rupert Dear Henry Burton Smith New York Falmouth Industry Bevans Fowly Sevile Friendship Summerfield Ditto Streights Wind N. W His Majesty Fancy Hereford Jackson Exeter London Palmer Bourdeaux Eagle Dove Senegal Speedwell Jenny Gibson Christopher Lawson Ellist Wareing Morgan Memel Barber Bristol Neptune Perkins Bell Gemmell Glasgow Dartmouth Hull Waterforo Venice Crofeir Downe Prince George Mann Smyrna Scanderoon Chiffell Jamaica Blenheim Haggey Thompson Grace, Wardley Liverpool St. Eustatius Minerva Cadiz Brothers Linnot Elizabeth, Gray Newfoundland Figuera Neptune, Syms Portsmouth Marquis of Granby Crisp

Washington's Army Near North Castle and Dover Dispatches

Reports from General Washington's forces place them at North Castle near Byram's Ponds about sixteen miles from White Plains on November 16 as Howe retires. Other items note Dover letters, Irish associations, French and Spanish naval movements, privateering losses, and a Leicester mayoral incident involving iron collars for deserters.

Washington North Castle Byram’s Ponds White Plains Howe New York King’s Bridge Dover Friendship Vick‘erman Bloomfield Quebec Montreal St. John’s Crown Point Ireland L——t Paris Franklin Nantz France Spain Germany New England Ocober Cape of Good Hope Gibraltar Algiers Hampshire Petticrew Pensacola Jamaica Greigg Riga Leith Baltic Polly Barber Lisbon Falmouth

Trunk theft charged as carriage hackney case ends with reward

Roilen testified he saw the trunk buckle before setting off and did not miss it. Smith the hackney driver said prisoners hired him to Leather Lane then Portpool Lane, saw a large trunk, followed them to a house, and helped capture the offenders. The bench awarded the honest coachman two guineas. prisoners bound over for trial. Prize list from Guildhall includes numerous prize numbers and values. High water marks noted for London Bridge with sailings planned for the coming days.

Sommerville Falmouth Worcester West Betsey Turner Barbadoes Richard Harding Bourdeaux Dublin Polit Downs Argyle Robertson Trieste Fowey New York Chatham Admiralty Office Admiral Mann Mediterranean Stebbing Essex Wain Leicester Guildhall Turkey England America Bow-street Prince Orlow Ann Dudman Deptford Covent-garden Theatre Mr. Groves House of Peers Groves John Fielding Francis Molyneux Quarrie Goswell Fuller Bas Barnard Gibson Hampstead Roilen Piccadilly Smith Leather- Lane Helborn Portpool-Lane

Desirable roomy house near the church offered to genteel family

Advertisement seeks a well furnished, sunlit home near Surry, parks, or west town end. It features a vault, laundry, kitchen, housekeeper’s room, nursery, parlours, drawing and dining rooms, several chambers, recently repaired, neat garden, coach-house and stables optional. Enquire within three days at Mr. Shapley’s near the ferry.

Surry

Selima and Azor at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

This day is published price 6d Songs Duets Trios in the Dramatic Romance of Selima and Azor performed at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Printed for J. Wilkie at St Pauls Churchyard. Also a new edition of the Rivals and of the Duenna songs.

Selima Azor Theatre Royal Drury Lane J. Wilkie Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Pectoral Lozenges From Balsam of Tolu

An old London advertisement for COUGHS and HOARSENESSES Lozenges made from Balsam of Tolu by T Greenough at Ludgate Hill. It notes other sellers in Cockspur Street and Bath and warns of counterfeits after a 1769 verdict.

T. Greenough Ludgate-hill London W. Bayley Cockspur-street Haymarket A. Roshwell Civet Cat and Rose New Bond-street M. Purdie North Parade Bath Court of Kinz Tolu

King's Patent Cakes For Shining Liquid Blacking

By the King's Patent cakes make a shining liquid blacking for shoes and boots with water only. It leaves leather black and supple, prevents cracking, and avoids staining fingers or stockings. Sold wholesale and retail by Bayley, Price, Grosvenor, Newbery, and Rothwell in London at 6d per cake.

W. Bayley Cockspur Street Haymarket London John Price Leadenhall John Grosvenor Turnfill Holborn F. Newbery St. Paul’s Church Yard A. Rothwell New

London critiques of the American War effort and ministry

A satirical postscript denounces the Ministry and their American campaign, mocking promises of swift victory. The piece details Howe and Clinton’s failures, Burgoyne’s overrated strength, and misreporting by the government while soldiers retreat and public dispatches vanish amid claims of triumph. It questions why large, capable armies fail to subdue Washington’s forces.

Howe Bolton Washington Clinton Peter Parker South Carolina New York Carleton Quebec General Burgoyne Canada Lord Sandwich America Lake Champlain Crown Point Ticonderoga Lord George Burgoyne London White Plains Albany Arnold Jenkinson Miniing Gazette Lord Howe Wife Putnam New York Island Dau Julius Cafar Pats

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