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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 18, 1734
Page
2
Amid parliamentary maneuvering and local contests in Chester and Flint, notices report elections, petitions, and heats with votes as low as forty to sixty. Royal commissioners named for naval victualling, clerical livings granted, and marriages tied up with Portland and Harley foreground the public life.
In June a series of horse races will run on the four mile course at Woodstock Park. Purse events include Fifty Guineas for three heats and a Forty Pound race for young horses, with weights and entry rules, plus a Fifteen Pound Town Plate. The week also features cock fighting and assemblies, while a separate notice records a poisoning/death case in St John of Wapping.
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