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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 14, 1775
Page
4
Printer of the London Evening Post laments that secret Cabinet Junto advisers corrupt government, press the crown into harmful policies, and threaten civil war. He names the Thane and a Law-Lord, calls for disclosure and treason charges, and urges holding advisers to account.
A General Congress in America notes a pamphlet of the Petition to the King printed by I Becket in the Strand is surreptitious and erroneous. The agents delayed publishing it to respect the King and Parliament, with the King said to intend presenting it to Parliament upon its meeting. Dateline Fan 17s 3775.
A British tragedy by His Majesty's Company of Tragedians at Theatre Royal Westminster features C-w-r Mr. E-lM-t and Mr. M-f-d Mr. Nth with a farce The Rights of the Mother Country Asserted. Performances include attempted entertainments by Mr. N-th and singing by Lord B-. political ventilators will be installed and audience members urged to arrive early.
Incoming mails from Holland arrive as Warsaw dispatches dated December 28 report Moldavian letters stating Russians are entrenching in the district. The text questions which enemy they fear since the Russians claim authority through treaties with the Ottoman Porte and will not dispute their supposed rights.
From Glasgow a report traces a blaze at Salem and twenty nearby houses and possible arson linked to unrest. Boston confirms mobs attacked a gentleman’s house as the customs house burned. A Philadelphia letter cites deserters from General Gage and urges kingly protection. A lengthy petition from the Continental Congress denounces Parliament acts and calls for redress while pledging loyalty and peace. Philadelphia. November 1774.
A lettered critique estimates British costs for suppressing American dissent at about 14 090 pounds yearly and notes ongoing royal dragooning expenditures near Boston. It also reports Mr Mutters seeking Bast Retford, Duke of Newcastle connections, and several regiment appointment notices including Walter Borlass and John Dodd. An epitaph on a recently deceased gentleman is also shared.
A fragmentary ancient notice rails at dissipation and wealth, warning rulers to heed a monument of justice. It references court appointments at Wettminster and York, discusses stock prices and bonds, and mentions a forthcoming session on the twenty-fifth with talk of treating allegations and possible incapacitations.
Fragmentary OCR shows a titled register and a memo involving Count de Guines. Names appear as Borincea-Thwt, J. Alanon, Brotherton and Se.cell in what seems a colonial or parliamentary context. The readable text is disjoint, with garbled spellings and unclear dates or places.
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