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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 02, 1775
Page
3
County of Berks requests a meeting at the Shire Hall Abingdon on Tuesday November 7 at noon to discuss a dutiful loyal address to His Majesty amid the unhappy difference with the colonies. Sheriff price OG 28.
A speech argues against royal prerogative to station armies abroad, citing the Bill of Rights and Mutiny Act, detailing past limits on standing forces, and urging that electoral or foreign troops require parliamentary consent to avoid constitutional danger. It recalls Chatham's era and warns of Gibraltar and Minorca garrisons, calling for strict watchfulness over prerogative.
The town and county of Poole presents a loyal address to King George III urging royal intercession to halt the war in America and prevent civil strife. The petition pleads for calm, suspension of hostilities, and negotiation to preserve the empire, law, and peace.
A formal plea listing numerous names and supporters as loyal subjects. The text advocates measures to secure the reigning House of Hanover, presenting a sweeping roster of individuals bound by fealty. It reads as a ceremonial pledge of allegiance and commitment to the royal succession.
A fragment from the London Evening Post rails at British policy toward America. It condemns the Crown for coercive measures, asserts misrule, and laments the war's failures while urging restraint and justice amid colonial fury and public dismay. The piece cites officers, commissions, and the blockade as evidence of imperial decline.
A 1775 letter argues against importing 20 000 foreign troops to Britain for service in America. It warns of dangerous tyranny, foreign influence, and potential massacre of American colonists, urging peaceful resolution and restraint from Parliament and crown. The writer references King William era warnings and pleads for liberty and constitutional limits.
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