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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 06, 1778
Page
4
A long opinion piece attacks administration and ministers for failing to heed advice during wartime. It recalls Wolfe, Indian scalping, and St Johns Newfoundland, arguing royal leaders and generals bore responsibility for barbarity and strategic failures. It condemns policy shifts, calls for accountability, and warns of ongoing war costs.
A dense nineteenth-century political tirade warns of Scottish dominance in English state affairs. It attacks a Jacobite ministry, calls for vigilance against a Scottish militia, and urges unity to preserve liberty and Protestant faith amid perceived corruption in Parliament and Crown influence.
Fragmented OCR text references a Paymaster impeached amid influence from an abandoned Ministry and a sum of 25,000. The content hints at political tension and accountability without clear names, dates, or locations.
Postscript reports a highly unusual divorce between John Bull and Americana, with quarrels over a sea incident and servants’ missteps fueling a breakdown. Reconciliation seems impossible as meetings devolve into hostility, threatening mutual ruin and potential loss of inheritance.
A London letter discusses delayed express from Philadelphia and mixed reports of forts on the Delaware being taken, possibly opening communication with Philadelphia. It notes a sun from Falmouth arriving with word all Delaware forts in his Majesty's possession, and dispatches from General and Lord Howe reaching Lord Germaine. Public notices warn of mail detentions, merchant protests before the Lord Mayor, and broad ministerial criticism of policies toward the American colonies.
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