Trade and fortifications amid late naval moves and public notices
Reports from Petersburgh Riga and Gibraltar describe laws, trade obstacles, and expected royal visit ceremonies. Fortifications at the bay strengthen defenses while Spaniards and traders move through Mahon and Ceuta. Local notices celebrate civic service, clergy appointments, marriages, deaths, and respectable misdeeds including a bond cancellation by force and a fatal lodging case.
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Petersburgh
O. S
Riga
Russlia
Gibraltar
Willis
Mahon
Alguezires
Carthagena
Ceuta
Cowes
Britannia
Mollas
London
Guinea
Beachy
Martin
Daniel Twizill
Newcastle
George Thompson
William Thompson
Richard Rochley
Dr. Nichols
John Davis
Cardigan
St. David's
St. George’s Church
Hanover-square
Robert Mayne
William Mayne
Knight
New
Grant
Aldermanbury
Raper
Twyford
Essex
Queen’square Chapel
Stukely
Thomas Davies
Carmarthenshire
Elizabeth Newport
Newport
Pelham
Hertfordshire
Raynham
John Harle
Deayly
Rumford
Croydon
Charles Gordon
Eigg
Henry Pelham
Paris
Rome
Margaret Nurfey
Joseph Nurfey
Symond
Seward
Meff. Calvert
Whitecross-street
Fleet-market
Richard
Petition from a widow against high taxes on cyder and exports
A London Evening Post correspondent quotes a Shropshire widow's petition urging the king to repeal burdensome excise taxes. She pleads that liberty suffers as homes become public houses and cites ancient parallels about deliverance through wise women. The letter seeks relief and expresses loyalty to the crown.
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Young
Saffron Hill
Islington
Wilde
Paul’s Head
Catenton-street
Rotherhithe
Edward Herod
Levant
Court of Chancery
Stonecutter-street
Sutton-common
Epsom
Stepney
John Stiff
America
England
Cyder
Perry
Israel
Jabin
Sifera
Sheba
Freeholder appeals for cider tax repeal from Parliament
A London Evening Post reader urges Parliament to repeal the late oppressive cider duty, arguing the tax burdens orchards and urging the tax collection method change. The letter praises parliamentary representation and laments ongoing hardship for cider makers.
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London
Hereford
Picure
Allio
Collé
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Plough- Court
Fetter-Lane
Abe Price
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Hitt
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Jackson
St. James’s- Street
Wilfer
Dublin
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Shropshire
London Evening-Post
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Charles Churchill
Rosciap
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St. John’s the Evangelist
Westminster
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Westminster School
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