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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 17, 1775
Page
4
A London Evening Post piece delivers a funeral oration praising American defenders in Massachusetts Bay. The oration extols noble sacrifice, invokes God and liberty, urges mourning with resolve, and casts death in battle as honor and public virtue for a just cause. It closes with classical quotations and appeals to communal memory.
This day was published at price fifteen pence a plan titled A Plan of the Town of Boston a Chart of the Harbour and an accurate Map of the Country Forty Miles Round Boston reflecting early cartographic work for navigators and residents.
A Portsmouth postscript reports censorship of public concerns as ministers push policies against Americans while assemblies back Continental Congress resolutions. News covers Savannah plots, batteries at Charles Town, and British naval movements to America. Also notes regatta promotions, stock prices, and a coastal smuggling disaster near Dunwich with loss of life and ships.
Letters from Clyde report the Earl of Dunmore warning that enslaved people would be freed if Americans do not submit, while Captain Ewing relays Dunmore ordering powder and locks from Williamsburg to ships. Gibraltar dispatches note a Spanish Algerian bombardment and a Dey envoy conference. Cabinet hints tax by requisition, and public funds show war inducements for Spain or France.
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