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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 03, 1744
Page
1
A garbled London letter from the era covers political sentences about a renowned lawyer’s stance on people’s demands, European affairs, and Gin Act impacts. It reports on military orders, naval provisioning, appointments at Woolwich, Dover, Portsmouth, and Plymouth, plus society notices, deaths, marriages, and local incidents in a dense, period voice.
An extract from a Strasbourg letter notes vast military preparations and magazines as evidence of large forces in spring. It suggests 46,000 to 50,000 local troops, with possible Imperial aid and subsistence from magazines. Armies may move to Italy, Flanders, or campaign regions, while Dutch resistance remains uncertain.
Last night a malt kiln burned near Wrights Houses and this morning a major blaze at Paul's Work at Leith Wind Foot destroyed the north side of the court including loom manufacture partly belonging to the Orphan Hospital and Mr James Mac Dougal. Fire engine aided. magistrates took charge. A bright comet has been seen near Andromeda in Edinburgh skies for several nights, first noted at Hopton House.
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