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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 27, 1787
Page
3
Fragmentary 1787 Navy Office notice invites bids for supplying packing cases. It states tenders may be received in the lobby before noon, with contracts to be awarded after a specified time. The text is garbled but references January and official agents.
December 17 1787 notice from Stamp Office Somerset Place appointing commissioners to auction horse hire contracts for traveling post, covering two districts. Bids to be submitted by January 16 between 10 and 12, with details of district lines bidders and bidding conditions. Only licensed bidders may hire horses for traveling. letters to the office accepted.
Cardiganshire auction offers the Abermaide estate of about five hundred acres with arable meadow and pasture land, the manor and royalties, plus adjoining farms and the Abermaide Mill. Also a modern house and garden near Luannavan Fawr and a dwelling in Ascuystwitu. Sale at the Talbot Inn Aberystwith on the gif day of January 1788.
At a Wardmote in Castle Baynard Ward on December ar 1797 the ward agreed to give thanks to the City of London Corporation for their ready uniform and spirited opposition to the shop tax. The ward also praised the chairman, committee, and shopkeepers for three sessions opposing the tax and urged continued repeal efforts by appealing to the Committee of the Hol. Mone of Cammens. Signed by Ward Clerk Edward Horne for publication.
The Chelsea Hospital Commissioners direct all out-pensioners living in London or within twenty five miles to appear at the Secretary's Office for registration on specified dates in January 1723. Pensioners must prove enrollment, with affidavits sworn before a Justice of the Peace, and those distant or abroad must seek local magistrate approval.
The 1783 February lottery notes capital prizes sold and shared at state offices. Shares and tickets issued with prizes ranging from two thousand to five hundred pounds. Country correspondents send tickets by post. money for prizes paid at offices after draw. Makers and hairdressers offered services and goods by appointment at No. 85 St Martins Lane.
Fragmentary 18th century London notes describe a Freemason installation and moral reflections alongside a trial and street crime. The article mentions a voyage in a brig, a Royal prize draw, and multiple robberies with details of suspects and the public’s response.
Residents discuss the high tax rates and government spending they deem excessive. Debate centers on law changes affecting coastal districts and the impact on local budgets and services. Community groups push for reevaluation and greater transparency in fiscal decisions.
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