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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 14, 1767
Page
4
A brief remark notes the Ryehouse Plot as worthy of mention. His lordship states he must depart, warning that many cannot keep a secret and a few cannot perform the work.
A letter to the Printer of the London Evening-Post urges drastic public punishment for self murderers. The writer proposes exposing the bodies naked at Tyburn for three days with a placard declaring the crime, then burying them per law, arguing that harsher visibility might deter the act.
Amelia Lovewell writes to Mr Hopeful defending propriety and detailing expectations for a possible match. She notes her fortune of three thousand pounds, rejects militia schemes, and asks about his profession and Amanda’s fortune. She signs as AMELIA LOVEWELL and asks for a reply.
Dame Wilhelmina Hurley, once rich from the clothing trade, died in Salisbury after a string of ill-fated attempts to secure support from former connections. Her final effort, a late labor with twins, ended between eleven and twelve, and a cautious epitaph notes the Palmer Worm lingered at her death.
A fragmentary verse praising a woman named Sally on the Hill. The lines extol her beauty her eyes lips and smile and claim no girl in Britain can compare. The piece uses classical apostrophe and ornamental rhyme to describe her attractiveness.
The piece blends a light verse about Sally on the Hill with a dense European intelligence report. It notes the mail from Flanders, Jesuit expulsions discussions in Rome, church and state moves in Vienna and Paris, plus London political talk on grain, assemblies, and public concerns. It lists deaths, arrests, ship movements, and local incidents across multiple cities.
A dense historical ledger lists prices for bank and government stocks, bonds, and commodities. It records rates in rupees, francs, and guilders, with units in fractions and per cent figures, including Navy indices, India bonds, and various European exchanges, alongside old and new annuities and silver prices.
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