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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 09, 1776
Page
3
Date references indicate rising secular moves in Italy as Venice acts to set an example and Naples resolves to sell ecclesiastic estates without papal consent. The notes mention ongoing steps counter to the authority of the Pope, highlighting a growing republican trend challenging Church prerogatives.
Excerpted letters and notices from New Haven and Philadelphia recount Arnold's expedition toward Quebec with a 100-man Montreal reinforcement, Dorchester skirmishes, and naval movements at Hampton Roads and Portmouth. Reports from Williamsburg and New York describe Lord Dunmore, Commodore Hammond, and Wallace fires, with a Congress resolution loosening trade restrictions for British goods.
Letters from Boston officers report three months of severe shortages with only four days’ rations for six. Scurvy spread among those who avoided fevers. women and children suffered greatly. provisions were scarce and horses supposedly salted for meat. Evacuation began with a retreat to ships, leaving behind medicines and stores amid disorder and blame across fleet and army.
Winds northeast. Ships arrive at Jamaica and Atlantic ports from London and Rochford. Vessels named include Fanny, Sinclair from London and Seward Islands, Emmerson, Gregves from Halifax, Augustus Carfar, Duffel, Mora Carter from London. High water at London Bridge expected with varying tides through Monday and Tuesday morning and afternoon.
An 177? letter to Lord Howe denounces his wartime actions in America. It attacks his measures as brutal and tyrannical, condemns the war policy, and mocks allied figures while urging humane conduct toward prisoners and restraint by the British command. The writer accuses leaders of treasonous guidance and calls for restraint in policy and treatment of the insurgent states.
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