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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 15, 1778
Page
4
A passionate admonition declares that the nation must unite to remove obstinate ministers blamed for bringing the country to distress. It denounces their blunders and calls for punishment, warning that continued misrule will ruin England and ignite national shame.
A letter to the London Evening Post argues Box Moor near Hempstead is not a dreary waste. It details historical conveyances under Queen Elizabeth, noting meadow rights and pasture for local inhabitants, cattle, and market use, urging public utility over enclosure.
A Hempstead resident argues against obstructing river navigation and urges keeping mills focused on grinding grain. He claims the proposed turn to paper mills would hurt local industry, reducing capacity from weekly grain grinding to paper production, preferring to preserve existing use and not exceed limits.
The London Common Council on January 16 1778 debated a motion to open a subscription for bounties to enlist men for three years in royal service. The council rejected the bounty motion and approved a policy opposing war continuation while terms offered to America were withheld. The town clerk was directed to publish the proceedings in public papers.
Reports from the Montego Bay paper describe a violent gale on Tuesday night with heavy rain and rising seas. Several vessels broke from cables and wrecked on shore including the Spanish sloop fira and the brig Jesse, with many lives lost among passengers and crew. Racehorse and other ships battled the gale offshore, crews struggling to save vessels as wreckage filled nearby waters.
A Dec 45¢ New York Gazette item reports Major General Rafael in the Greek navy and other officers quitting Congress. It notes Washington’s army near White Marsh, Howe’s forces advancing to Philadelphia, and a small Privateer raid off Sataker, Long Island.
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