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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 21, 1741
Page
2
The entry catalogs items including 1392 dozen linen handkerchiefs 616 pozen dressed skins 82 dozen thread stockings and 9049 pairs of shoes reflecting a detailed stock tally from an old ledger. It emphasizes quantities and assorted fabrics and footwear as recorded in the period document.
In Truro and Bodmin the week’s news reports refusal of special licenses to buy corn for export amid grain scarcity. A timber fall near Bodmin killed Robert Elford. Brisol notes Habeas arrival re Captain Goodyer’s case, with a new formidable ordnance devised by Watkins and Hadley in Bristol.
Extract from Cork dated February 8 reports four men of war idle against Spaniards while officers perform in a theatre. It notes a tragedy The Orphans and York bombardier performances, ticket sales, and actors named, alongside dispatches about naval actions, failures, and casualties.
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