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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 01, 1740
Page
1
The London Evening-Post notes arrivals since the last edition with fresh mail from France and Holland. It records ships and ports visited, highlighting updates in notices and shipping news.
Naples reports that the King grants Jews a fifty year settlement, with about twenty Jewish families departing for the kingdom. one family is said to be worth nine million. Other items describe Dutch trade terms, treasure from Brazil, and various European court notices. Amsterdam notes a potential shift in favor of the Emperor and Bourbon, while Madrid records Ambassador Vander Meer seeking redress over privateering. Genoa mentions British warships and Minorca, Dresden covers a royal animal combat, and Cologne reports Baron Neuhoff planning to reside quietly. Brussels warns of French camps near Gravelines, and Rome signals pope election confidences amid Conclave rumors. A Paris telegraph notes a recall demand for the Count de la Marck. End.
Ireland reports the Susannah bound for Waterford with leather and butter was captured near the port by a Catalan sloop and carried into Cadiz. Also notes deaths including Sir Lawrence Esmond of Huntington and Edward Stratford MP for Harriston. Walter Esmond named heir. William Cooper becomes Master in Chancery, succeeding Edward Knatchbull. John Ledwell linked to the Hume murder case.
Nottinghams charity drive reports four to five hundred pounds distributed to the poor, with Lord Middleton and local bankers contributing. Bristol items note weddings of Hobdlin to Miss Cotter and Slade Baker to Mrs Innis, plus a tragic death from abuse of a girl named Jane Puttesworth.
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