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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 17, 1767
Page
3
Weather brings heavy snow and record cold across the region. Ships and boats are wrecked along the coast, with crews saved or lost as floods and gales persist. Local authorities and Aldermen seek relief for distressed residents as accidents rise and public notices detail dire conditions.
At a club near St James's between ten and eleven a gentleman, well dressed and powdered, seeks Mr Knave. He is said to have learned all secrets of cards and dice to guide friends, dine and sleep away a few days, and drink through the night without harm.
To the Gentlemen andholders of the County of Somerset I acknowledge your unanimous nomination of me as a fit person to represent this county in Parliament at your Wells meeting I pledge to vote with integrity for the service of my country and county if chosen January 16 1767 from Holnicote this humble servant Tuo. Dyxe AcLanp
Postscript from Anglicus urges the printer to defend Britain by maintaining a strong navy and flourishing trade. He warns that ship carpenters are defecting to Spain, boosting Bourbon naval power, and asks the current ministry to halt such Peregrinations to protect the realm’s shipbuilding and commerce.
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