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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 08, 1787
Page
1
On January 31, 1787 the Navy Office calls for contracts to supply plum candles and auger bits. Bids are to be opened next Wednesday at one o clock with samples and patterns required. Tender reception ends at four o clock and bidders or agents must be present to be considered.
Publication notice for Reeves the English law history in four volumes, revised and enlarged. Lists price and publisher information, edition details, and availability from Temple Bar and other outlets.
A lengthy list introduces new books and pamphlets with praise and notes on authors. It mentions works spanning science, religion, and social topics and highlights the public value of continued reading and education for a broad audience.
An authentic copy details examinations and evidence before a late governor general of Bengal on high crimes and misdemeanors. It includes letters, proceedings of the India Company, and testimonies from notable figures like Sir Elivah Impey and Nathanael Middlevoun, with references to critical correspondence and appendices dating to 1786.
Antiquated public sale notice describes huntingdons hire property to be resold in two lots. It lists Manor of J Eigton Broms Wold with freehold and royalties together with Cutphen Wood of 126 acres and 328 acres of adjacent land. Also notes shops and out-buildings, markets and turnpike access, and specifies viewing locations and pamphlet price.
An old medicine advertisement touts Dr James's Powder as a remedy for childbed fevers fevers in the postpartum period and other inflammatory disorders. It claims quick fever reduction with five to six grain doses every four hours, notes use in milk fever, cold-related fevers, and prevention of recurrence. The text lists availability through Francis Newbery in London and references signatures and endorsements.
General discussion in the West India plan afternoon session led by James Allen, secretary, proposing a final adjustment to rum duties as part of the reduction agenda.
Audited listings describe a compact manor near Norwich with several parcels and a freehold ship near the city walls, valued yearly, with descriptive particulars available at multiple Norwich and London addresses. Viewing arrangements are through Mr Rud, Mr Kent, or Messrs Claridge and Pearcey, with price by private inquiry. There is also a note about a Royal patent for shining blacking sold by Bayley and Lovvre with cautions against counterfeits.
The article reports the death of the Right Honorable Lord Waltham at New Hall Essex following a decline after a lingering illness. It notes the title becoming extinct and the family estate passing to the Hon. Elizabeth Lucrell. It references quarantine measures on ships from the Mediterranean and various financial figures and naval items of the period, with mixed obituary and public notices surrounding the times.
A Saturday blaze destroyed workshops belonging to Lew Burtington-Qureety and others near Waivich Street and Wheel Court, consumed vast mahogany stocks, and damaged a King Street chapel. Firemen saved adjacent houses. currency and persons are noted, with a violent street incident nearby ending in a fatal stabbing.
Fragmented OCR text appears to mix place names and oblique references with names like Jacob Heme t and London. It mentions prices, items, and a legal or nobility dispute but remains largely unreadable. The readable bits suggest a historical notice about estates, engagements, and sales with names Brittleness and Geoghe Saeed.
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