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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 08, 1740
Page
2
A severe storm battered the city blowing down several stacks of chimneys and tiles from many houses. A poor woman traveling to Baubergh perished in the night due to the violent weather on Eastonsfleath.
In a formal address dated November 4 1740 the City of Exeter thanks its MP for supporting a bill to curb placemen in the House of Commons. The letter urges action against corruption, asserts the need to secure liberties, and endorses measures to strengthen George II’s government. It also notes university appointments and local appointments, plus a Russia Sweden political snapshot and celebratory plans for Admiral Vernon’s birthday.
A Daily Gazetteer paragraph denounces a printer as a common-council member influenced by an Irish papist and discusses various society items. It covers marriages, appointments, and deaths, including Mr. Honywood of Hampstead, Dr Reeves’s marriage, and the India Company treasurers. It also notes iron price concerns, a tea seizure, river flooding, an assault on Mrs. Woolley, and a Newgate commitment for theft.
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