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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 09, 1779
Page
4
An English appeal urging merchants and others to press their representatives to seek redress from the throne for America related grievances. Warns that inaction risks ruin, urges peaceful petitioning and unity, and cautions against violence while calling for public demonstration if necessary.
An Old English letter laments noblemen and gentlemen failing to raise funds for county military subscriptions. It notes Lord Staffordshire’s party raised over nine thousand pounds in Staffordshire while Nottinghamshire lagged, as meetings announcing his presence drew many supporters. The writer suspects subcriptions were largely symbolic.
A London Evening Post letter urges Middlesex readers to change their approach in remonstrances to the Crown against ministerial abuse of patronage. The author condemns unauthorised gifts of offices and urges a firm, liberty seeking response that exposes the minister’s prerogative over government favours.
P. S. appeals to London livery and many counties to remonstrate and cherish their good intentions by showing patriotism through example.
A letter from the Dutchess of the Political Mirror declines a false claim that the author sought help to suppress the pamphlet. The writer asserts denial and promises a reply, noting that booksellers had not yet divulged the author. He offers to send a refuting letter copy for Saturday evening edition.
Mail from France and Flanders arrives with Bouille’s hurricane account of Martinique damage and letters from Count d Estaing. General Franklin arrival in New York rumored. wagers placed he already holds it. The Tartar privateer, Capt Thomas Witte, brings a small prize of 130 pipes of wine to Lezborn road under English merchants Merlts Earle and Hodgson.
At the George and Vulture tavern a Livery of London meeting was held and George Hayley presided. A general meeting is called for November 12 to nominate a new Chamberlain after Benjamin Gee VeE’s death. Wilkes is praised as a public-minded leader and funds from Hopkins’s tenure are noted as substantial. The piece also covers market rumors, naval movements, and a murder confession in Whitby.
An old notice sells an easy way to invest in a lottery with six shillings per policy. It promises multiple prize chances, including up to 20,000 and 10,000 prizes, with drawn numbers across 36 days. The plan claims higher odds than standard tickets and urges comparison with rival offices.
London announces the forthcoming publication of a new daily newspaper, the London Courant and Westminster Chronicle, price threepence. J Amon will print from Piccadilly. Editors promise early, plain news on public affairs and all interesting matters, inviting public examination and support.
A dated note from William James at Serjeant's Inn Fleet Street dated November 10, 1779, expressing devotion and obedience to the Worthy LIVERY of London.
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