A London Evening Post Letter to Sir E d Hake
A lengthy 18th century letter to Sir E d Hake criticizes Parliament and political figures. It denounces profligacy and avarice, warns of tyrants, praises courage in past actions, and urges the printer to publish a protest denouncing incendiaries and faction. It urges public accountability and condemns deceptive politics while praising loyal corporation members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eck
Swxrralé
Admiralty
Baragh
Bacchus
Mammon
Belial
Printer
Contempt for a poet’s sting in defence of Bedford
A London Evening Post letter denounces injurious verse aimed at the Duke of Bedford. The writer scolds a party pamphleteer named Furius for maligning noble families, urges justicia over generosity, and pleads for a public recantation to heal reputations and spare English virtue.
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Duke of Bedford
Funids
Furius
Leis
Junius
Endézavour
Jake
saae#y
Funias
Ship News Roundup Long on Arrival and Wind
Friday ship notices report multiple vessels arriving or filling for the river and others sailing from Dublin Liverpool Newfoundland and Madeira Wind NW blows hard listing many ships including Royal Captain Talbot Success Amity King George and numerous craft from ditto and Cadiz New York Terceira Madeira Nova Scotia and London showing active Port of call movements and names of masters and cargoes with several shore arrivals at Lisbon and St Michael's.
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Dek
Talbot
Mermaid
Ball
South
Carolina
Greenisland
Ritchie
Virginia
Dunn
Dublin
Amity
Thompson
Liverpool
King George
Williams
Ghetter
N. W
Whievak
Caffon
Newfoundland
Mary
Janey Mugford
Ditto
Ann
Payne
Speedy
Stone
Redhead Galley
Neal
Roxanna
Philadelphia
Sutton
Venus
Davis
London Packet
Cooke
Dita
Elizabeth
Browny
Tyser
Johnson
Betty
Osborn
Fom
Batchelor
Bulkely
Globe
Stiles
Ditta
Polly
Nancy
Curry
Merritey Long
Cadiz
John
Charles
Gordon
New York
Priensithip
Arnold
Terceira
Hannah
Christie
Madeira
Duo
Sekhorie
Grover
Nova-Scotia
Tagus
Innis
Lerdun
Lisbon
Friends Goodwill Brace
T. Michael's
York elects John Carry Elys Lord Mayor for the year
York news reports John Carry Elys chosen Lord Mayor for the year at Guldhall plus the election of chamberlains Mr. Matthew Wharton and others. A Cleveland couple wed at Carleton near Stokesley noted as aged 140, and Alderman Snowden dies in Leeds. A parish marriage lists Francis Rusle and Anne Kirshaw as a new couple.
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Country News
York
Fan
Guldhall
John Carry
Elys
Matthew Wharton
William George Nicholson
Thomas Mariitt
John Dal
Thomas Simpson
Robert Young
Carleton
Stokesley
Cleveland
Leeds
Wirs
Snowden
John Snowden
London society notes honor and political shifts
London reports announce Charles York to be created Lord Morden with a 30001 per year pension if removed as chancellor. Mr Yok vacates Cambridge University seat. St James's marks Majesty's birthday with a grand ball and illuminated Mansion House. Other items include Wedderburn elected for a Scottish borough, Tower Ward elections, Ruthall living resignation, Spencer charity school in Northampton, and a South Shields dispatch describing interactions with German officers and a Russian priest aboard a Ruffian transport.
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Charles York
Morden
Cambridge
Yok
University of Cambridge
St. James’s
Bishops-Castle
Alexander Wedderburn
Thas Borough
William
Chive
Scotland
Earl of Errol
Earl of Eglington
Tower Ward
Alderman ‘Turner
Baker’s Hall
John Rann
Ruthall
Staffordshire
Lichfield and
Covestry
Earl Spencer
Northampton
South-Shield
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London Evening Pott
The
London
Evening Post
JU NI UV
Ship News
Francis Rufle
Esgj
Gray’s Inn
Anne Kirshaw
Kirshaw
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