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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 18, 1788
Page
2
Fragmentary text appears to describe a personal narrative with names and places obscured. The piece references emotional strain and hardship, with scattered mentions of people, settings, and possible events but lacks coherent details or a clear reportable incident.
A fragment discusses junior bank clerks and their treatment by employers. It criticizes shifts in pay and conditions, urges patience or pension appeals, and questions the morality of clerks seeking higher pay while others endure hardship. It reflects social tensions in labor and management.
From the London Gazette Nov 18 a Windsor report states his Majesty has had a good rest but is not yet perfectly free from fever. The document lists multiple notices of deliveries, enrollments, and surrender terms with various persons and places including London and Durham, detailing certificates and legal actions.
An ornate catalog lists rulers sovereigns churches universities hospitals and notable orders across Europe and beyond. It mentions engravers poets poets and eminent persons with references to religious orders and titles of nobility. The piece cites institutions and officials including chancellors and lord movers in London and Ireland.
Melmoph announces a new refined Virgil edition printed on superfine paper with copper plates and new type. The inaugural number goes on sale Saturday November 22 1738 priced six pence, featuring portraits and engravings and weekly continued publications of the complete works with notes and life of Virgil under William Henry Melmoph editor.
This period notice lists publishers including J F and C Rivington and others with gardeners Thomas Mawe and Jo um Abercromb bia tied to the Duke of Lee. It cites Tottenham Court and a long list of printing houses.
An assortment of ladies pocket journals for 1789 offered by London and Newcastle publishers. The ads describe price one shilling, red bindings, engravings of ladies and dresses, and contents including dances, enigmas, rebuses, tunes, and market notes. Also promotions for trading views and accessories.
A 38 chapter guide to marketing, cooking, and preserving for housekeepers. Includes directions for soups sauces roasting boiling baking stews puddings pies tarts puddings and preserving. Advertises copper plates and recipes with bills of fare for each month.
A church notice signed by the Right Reverend Father in God Francis Gastrell details charitable efforts and support for nuns and local clergy. It references J. F. and C. Rivington and specifies the Bethlehem of St Pauls Clargeyards.
A Berlin style digest reports an arrest at Biis le Due of a man said to be a Commander in Chief of secretly levied troops tied to Mr. Villaes. The loan negotiations surge with twelve million subscribed as a first payment nears January. Diplomats from Tripoli and Russia appear, the King shows unity, and army funding debates stall with the 27th as the Diet contemplates war moves and frontier mobilizations amid reports of battles near Oczakow and Pruth.
An extract from Cariile County notes linen making growing in the area with workers trading cloth for necessities and aiming to reduce foreign imports. Port au Prince dispatch reports a barricane of deadly violence, ship wrecks, and many enslaved people lost, while vessels depart for sea amid ongoing French political shifts and notable Assembly moments in which the Archbishop and nobility clash over precedence.
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