This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 15, 1760
Page
1
The fragment discusses gratitude and prudence toward the Publick, urging adherence to constitutional principles. It notes editors and friends of liberty supporting this paper and predicts future distribution by clerks of the General Office, with emphasis on consistency in publishing.
From the London Gazette dated Rome and Florence, December reports Pope's brigates fitted out at Civica Vecchia to cruise the Barbary coast. Agents Chigi and Rufpolis dispatched to Vienna to address the Golden Fleece issue with the Emperor. News also notes Borromei's return to Rome and a storm damage to the ship Eagle near Leghorn, with concerns over its future seaworthiness.
A long, ragged OCR fragment reports on a British meeting at a courthouse with Lord George Montagu present, updates on French ships in Quiberon Bay, and lists prize captures and losses. It includes militia indictments, captured men, and a dramatic account of privateering actions near Morlais and Vannes, plus obituaries and local notices.
Wart Watengon appears in a garbled note alongside a Thames crossing stunt for porter, a Nine Elms fire in unfinished houses, a man fatally wounded by a horse kick near Bond Street, a powder mill explosion wounding another man, two soldiers injuring each other with bayonets at a Spitalfields gathering, and banking and merchant names including Aran, J Bias, Fivey in Lawrence Lane.
A late 18th century notice announces a dividend to be paid to proprietors of a local office on January 31 between eleven and two, with weekly Thursday payments thereafter. It also records a Middlifter and Westminster gentry meeting offering five guineas bounty to able-bodied recruits, with terms for enlistment and discharge. A committee will continue efforts into January next to fund royal service and militia support.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.