King’s Lot Of King Proxy Title Oddity
Fragmentary OCR note shows a speech or pledge line with references to a king and earls. Context unclear but indicates a ceremonial or formal sponsorship mention.
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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 27, 1767
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR note shows a speech or pledge line with references to a king and earls. Context unclear but indicates a ceremonial or formal sponsorship mention.
In Cambridge on June 26 the Rev Mr Belt of Magdalene College was admitted to the degree of Doctor of Divinity. Prizes of fifteen guineas were awarded to Stevenson of King's, Ward of St. John's Senior Bachelor, and Arnold of St. John's, with Cleves of Fitzwilliam as Middle Bachelor. News covers a farmer jailed for sheep theft near Ely, a death at Chatteris, and collegiate appointments and weather and market notes.
A fragmented list mentions William Phillips and a cadre of traders including Antigia Minerva Smith Nnell Graham London Carter from Jumdich Industry Wingate and Houghton Godshall from Oporto Do VG Mary Elizabeth Sparks from Philadelphia, noting riverine locations and origins.
The week’s itemized scraps describe coal purchases for Holland and Flanders, wheat shortages near Rickmansworth, and flour shipments to London. Legal circuit dates across Midland, Western, Oxford circuits are listed alongside notable local births, marriages, deaths, and public disturbances.
A fragment of a colonial era argument asserting that landholding and commerce are inseparable. It warns that heavy land taxes raise prices, reduce foreign markets, and hurt labor costs, while burdensome trade taxes raise costs across goods, risking revenue and landed income without clear benefit. The speaker links tariff fairness to national prosperity.
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