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A Ridged London Evening Post Letter Exchange Amid Riots and Royal News
A late 1762 London scene shows court decisions on Wilkes debates and new trials, royal arrivals and embassies, seaborne events from Manila, and public notices of crimes. Letters comment on scarcity, governance, and the rise of military force in domestic law enforcement while contrasting ministerial choices with provincial needs.
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Cyder
Court of Common Pleas
Dryden Leach
Wilkes
Secretary of State
St. James's
Cockpit
White
Duke of Grafton
Firs House
Albemarle-street
Earl of Bristol
William Pitt
Earl of London
Privy Gardens
Scotland
Earl of Bute
Manchester
Berkeleyfouare
Richard’ Neville Neville
Efghis
France
Paris
St. James’s
Eutead
Manilla
MT. Anda
Parfir
Ballowcawn
Bott
Padig
Anda
Madrass
Philippine Islands
Augustus Herry
Duke of York
Peeke Fuller
46Th Regiment of
Murray
Dennis Clark
Doctors Commons
Middlesey
Benefworth
Joseph Beardly
London Evening Post
J O
New-York
Canada
Amherst