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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 27, 1775
Page
1
The sale offers a presentation to a rectory within fifty miles of London with an annual value of two hundred pounds and a new house plus suitable buildings and glebeland for occupation. The incumbent is about sixty three, and the living is improveable. For details contact Meff. Martin and Kay at Consycourt Gray's Inn London.
Subscribers to the Life Annuities established in London may receive half a year’s annuity due on June 24 at Mrs Browns and Collinson Bankers Lombard Street. First Class payments July 3 and 4. Second Class July 5 6 7 8. Third Class July 16 17 18 19 20. Unpaid debentures and nominee life certificates required. certificates obtainable as stated.
Reports from Gosport note ships Lizard and Arethusa put into commission with Capt. Hamilton and Capt. Digby Dent in command. The Thames frigate is found rotten and to be paid off. Letters discuss Lord North reversion allegations. Joseph Mawsbey denies soliciting offices. Arrivals include mail from South Carolina and Cádiz notices of Spanish frigates loss. Public notices list local assizes and a clergyman’s letter on a smallpox recurrence. Burglaries, a ship theft attempt, and a court case on marriage fraud are reported. Died: Wm. Rodger, tea seller.
Enquiries at the Golden Cross Chraping Cross about a five year old bay horse by Bells Arabian dam by Wilsons Arabian and a three year old bay colt by Gregorys Arabian. Both mares and sires descend from godolphin line. Recently imported from Newmar Ket and ready for immediate use. Price listed as £5309.
An auction listing advertises the sale by C N Holls at Red-Lion Inn Barnet of the remaining term of a Dan cers-hill farm with 46 acres pasture and 23 arable, 82l per year, 17 years unexpired. Also public notice of John Carvick’s state lottery offices offering prizes up to 46 000 and 60 000 with draws starting Monday 13th Nov and tickets sold widely.
The head master position at the Free Grammar School in Alford Lincolnshire is vacant. Governors invite qualified candidates to apply by letter with address by August 16, and a day will be fixed for the master’s selection. Current rents exceed seventy pounds yearly with a brick house, garden, orchard, paddock, and several rooms. Boys educated there are entitled to two Magdalen College scholarships and a fellowship. only fully qualified candidates will be considered. The notice is dated Alford January 21, 1775.
Fort Willan dated June 28 reports the Anson and Ashburnham anchoring in the river on the 24th, and on the 19th following Gen Clavering the Judges and Council landed at Calcutta amid great respect. The Emperor and Great Duke arrived near the city while in Paris authorities address cattle disease by slaughter and compensation to prevent spread.
May 10 report from Worcester notes the Senecas, one of the Six Nations, are determined to support the Americans against British exactions and may lend aid in a day of general distress, risking retaliation from Great Britain. New London details include restricted departures from Bolton, a Boston town meeting to demand arms, and a proposal by the Provincial army to exchange prisoners. A Marblehead schooner recovered a Spanish galleon wreck with crew and a treasure. The Duke of Argyll in Scotland surveys regiments, roads, and forts for mobilization.
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