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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 07, 1778
Page
3
A garbled text fragment mentions rivers, places like Liverpool and Bristol, and several personal names such as Nancy and Alexander. The readable content is too distorted to determine a coherent event or report.
A verbose 18th century dispatch recounts ships and fleets in transit from Gibraltar and Plymouth, detailing Keppel's anticipated actions, arrivals of the Andromeda and Worcester, and French ministerial signals to privateers. It notes flotillas assembling, mutterings of battles, and weathered intelligence on Spanish and American privateers, with court and camp life updates and local incidents.
Beitay on July 4 with Belfort and Vernon’s brotherly entrant lineups. Gendacher and Deities lead the field as local racers Grosvengr, Gratton, and Ed share duties in Beitay’s event.
On Monday June 29 at Ipswich the King’s plate race featured Vernon's b h Firm, Alamahatamaha, Roscius and others with Firm winning. The gentlemen's subscription purse of 2 a g s was taken by Lord Grosvenor's b h Petoodeccee over Vernon's ch c Firm. On Tuesday the gentlemen's purse of 7 og s was won by Vernon's ch h Raffelas over Flower's ch c Alamahatamaha.
Whitchurch Races in Shropshire on Wednesday July 1 feature a purse for four year olds won by Mr Butler’s Adamant ridden by W Leece with Efgt’s horse in second. The same day a subscription of 15 guineas is offered for a best of three two mile heats with entries Mr Wilson’s mare Cooke’s mare Povah’s colt Barton’s horse among entrants. Thursday reports no race.
On Monday June 29 the agglemen and gentle men's purse of sol features Mr Wilson's b h Mars go and Sir J Lowther's gr h Sloven with Earl of Surrey's gr h Papit and Mungo in attendance. Tuesday presents the town's plate with Muckheath and Ranger, Molly and Titmouse among entries. Wednesday the Members plate lists Thomas Clifton's b c, plus other contenders, with Titmouse noted.
The King orders Letters Patent for Irish baronetcy grants to Stratford Tynte Miller and Falkiner with heirs, alongside surrender deadlines for bankrupts and debtors at Guildhall London. Notices list occupancies, trades, and upcoming dividend dates for creditors, with multiple individuals in Yorkshire, Devon, Norfolk, and London. dates span July to August 1778 and entries include shipbuilders, clothiers, merchants, and tradespeople.
A Bristol Gazette reader defends Norris's Antimonial Drops against skeptics, recounting seven years of evidence of successful recoveries across fevers and other illnesses. The letter urges public acknowledgment of the medicine's life-saving potential and questions physicians' caution versus beneficence.
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