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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 11, 1771
Page
1
The Society proposes premiums for Occidental Plane Trees Alders and Upland or Red Willow planting. Rewards include gold medals and cash sums for the greatest number of acres planted and growing, with certificates due by specified December dates. Also notes on tests for crop improvement and plough designs, plus assorted 1771 news items from London.
May 5 Bridlington aged Nightingall died next morning after tak ing a quart of geneva and an ounce of pepper to treat long influenza like ailment. Shipping notices list arrivals from London and Cadiz with vessels named Africa Wallis Bristol Liverpool and others. Market rates and bonds quoted, including Bank of England and India indents, with Navy and VAT bills and stock tickers.
A cryptic notice from Liverpool describes a tea chest wrapped in green baize on a road to London. It contains two silver cannisters with a goat's head and coronet crest. Whoever yields it to Hon Mr Barry in Hanover Square London will receive two Guiness reward. otherwise the coachman faces prosecution.
John Wilkes Sr addresses a public dispute, arguing some truths should be kept, and declares his duty to speak now. He criticizes alleged private motives behind political conduct and promises further explanation in a subsequent message to show how public professions mirror opposition and government actions.
An old catalog entry advertises ten volume sets and single volumes of translated works. It mentions titles related to Countess De Grignan and Baron Bielfid, with prices and publisher details. The notice references translations from French to English and German to English, and notes availability of individual volumes and complete sets, with pricing and publication notes.
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