A Soldier and Free Citizen Laments War Policy
A former officer denounces the ministry's conduct in America and the War Office under Lord Barrington. He computes the cost of 26,000 troops and condemns recruitment limits while praising military figures and lamenting oppression. The text shifts to praise for a Spain opera performance led by Leoni, with remarks on actors Mattocks Wilson and Green and overall evening's entertainment.
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War Department
St. James’s
Alexander
George Sackville
Europe
America
House of Commons
England
Spain
Leoni
Mattocks
To the Printer of the London Evening Pott
A note praises the first original Spanish plot piece Duzawa performed Tuesday night. It claims wit and humor pervade the work without limiting to common intrigues of servants, marking it as superior to typical Spanish and French theatricals.
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London Evening Pott
HE Duzawa
Varied Monosyllables From A Norfolk Stage Verse
A fragmentary old verse column referencing Thomas G and compare with Washington and Lee, with Civil War era tone. References include Gloucester? Salem viceroy, Howe, Alva, and Master Tommy G. set amid a Newcastle November 17 fishing town scene in Massachusetts Bay frontier prose.
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Jayhap
Tommy G. Newcastle
Massachusets Bay
Covent Garden Theatre Managers Thank Garrick for Year
The London Evening Post thanks Covent Garden Theatre managers and Garrick for the year’s entertainment at Drury Lane. Garrick, once seen as a meteor in acting, has this year laboured more than in the past to please the town.
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Drury-Jane
Meeting-house turned playhouse stirs American anger
Reports from Bolton note army officers repurposed a dissenters chapel into a temporary theatre provoking strong American resentment. The piece cites broader intrigue about Lord Shelburne and Kingston court matters, plus local petition meetings in Winchester with figures like Jervoise Clack and Mr Darnford clashing over loyalty, liberty, and measures against America.
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Bolton
Washington
Langland
Lord Shelburne
Lord Mansfeld
Kingston
General Washington
Burgoyne
George
Jervoise Clack
Yarmouth
Ile of Wight
Dehany
Rolletton
Edwards
Darnford
Magni Cuffos Clementia Mundi
Bettsworth
Zoool
Dover
Muaclachlan
Maryland
Miller
Irwin
Long
Boston
Ti Pallas
Bristol
Newfoundland
Juno
Fitzpenny
Mary
Hine
Mentor
Bromley
Gravesend
Narrows
Jamaica
Grove
Hannick
Péersburgh
Baltic
Peterbburgh
London
Guildhall
Hackney
Sir John William Landley, Bart
James Rogers
John Roagers
Loelchester
Somerset
Wells
Preston
County Palatine of Lancaster
High Court of
Public theatre chatter over recurring performers at Drury Lane
A fragment notes that any other performer of Smienge in this theatre rarely appears more than twice or thrice weekly. If courtiers continue to favor the incomparable opera Diaegna, the public may soon see Mr Garrick in the role four times in a week.
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Garrick
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Loncon
Lord Barrington
Polk
Thomas G
Concord
Secret Council
Tory Rory Few
Salem
Viceroy G
Britannia
Howe
Freeborn Lee
Alva
The
London Evening Post
Covent Garden Theatre
Postscript
Wincheser
Sacred Cause of Freedom
India
Dicco
South Sea
India Bunds
Pr. Navy
Dir
Long Ann Ntie
London Association
Globe-Tavern
Fleet-Street
Thomas Joel
Trinit
Y-House
Dudgeon’ S Kn. J
Holkham Bay
John Falstaff
Canterbury
Wellford
Catherine-court
Great Tower-hill
Parliament of
Ireland
Dublin
J. Almon
Burlington-Howse
Piccadilly
Acland
Gov
Lyttelton
John Cavendish
James Lowther
Wilkes
Adam Fergusson
Johnnsone
George Rice
Lord Stanley
Temple Luttrell
Conway
George Germaine
Capt. Luttrell
Col. Barre
Wedderburn
Mr. Adam
Serjeant Adair
J. Almoo
Burlington House
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