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London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Dec 28, 1776

Page

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Royal Navy upgrade signals tense Atlantic plans

On December 16 in Paris a Royal Navy ship of 120 guns with 1000 sailors is noted. Police in the city warned coffeehouse masters to bar discussions about courses the kingdom may send to the American Colonies. Reports from Brett say M Duchaull’s departure is delayed due to firing from ships of the line and frigates that will reinforce his squadron.

Buckinghamshire Cheristie Pall-Mail Gool London Chalfont St. Giles’s Mr. Sedgwick Aylefury Mrr. Sedgwick Pali Mall Madrid Cadiz Don Gaston Tenériffe Madeiras Royal Paris Gte Cours Brett M.duchaiaul Hisquadron

Colonial News Tumbles Amid Atlantic War Rumors

An Extra from Halifax recounts alarms of American incursions, Fort Cumberland loss, and the French Islands flag flying as Americans seize ships. Jamaica reports a Portsmouth schooner with sixteen guns captured at St Mary's, plus mass pine export and towns tallying privateering. Madrid notes Spain to raise 25,000 men. Portmouth, Cork, and Dublin ship movements, prison and political actions fill the rest with notices of captures, promotions, marriages, and deaths.

Halifax Nova Scotia Bofton Fort Cumberland Jamaica Gayson Cape Nicholas Everit Jean Portsmouth Gulph Florida St. Mary's Mather Charlestown Masher New Hampshire Friends West-Indies Corke Mentor Davis Olive Branch Miller New York Portmouth Earl of Arundel Lewis Aberdeen Orkneys Polly George Cadd Bourdeaux Corks Quiberon Bay Grinley Memel Dublin Norway Betsey Gerald Cowes Hope Egmont Mears Valentine Ogilvie Downs Fuesday St. Helen’s Gil Princess Amelia Cavendish Square Bath

Fragments from an eighteenth century elixir advertisement

An between the lines recounts the demand for a “true Daffy’s Elixir” praised by nobility. It warns Mary Swinton executrix of Anthony Duffy that counterfeiters cause harm. The notice touts Old Jamaica rum and a London warehouse offer with delivery and returns details.

Mary Swinton Anthony Duffy Salisbary Court Fleet Datty Jorg

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