Debates on Interment Practices From Hawes Letter
In the London Evening Post a response by W. Hawes defends caution in interring the dead, arguing signs of death must appear before burial. He cites Bruhier and cases of buried alive, discusses putrefaction, and urges public safety over expediency, noting humane society reports and press letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hikermanner
Teale
Monf. Bruhier
Paris
London
Alty
Pat
Leuvey
W. Hawes
Pull
Leicester
London Evening Post item fragment
Fragmentary London Evening Post text shows an ear related note with unclear context and missing details. Names, dates, and events are unreadable in the surviving portion.
Fragmented Ode on Liberty and Tyranny in Europe
A dense, literary ribaldry critiques continental politics and British attitudes toward liberty. It questions virtue, power, and the possibility of true toleration, contrasting Roman ideals with modern constraints while warning of tyranny across Europe and in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Botton
Europe
France
Liberty
England
Fragmentary Letter from The London Evening Port
A damaged fragment from the London Evening Port laments Howe’s suppression of patriot hope and discusses Lieutenant Bazeley’s dispatches aboard the Lexington, an armed vessel of the Congress, sailing from France on July 7 for Congress with orders to deliver dispatches to Boron. The letter questions Franklin’s timing and information amid tensions with America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bromley
Kent
Howe
Bazeley
Cntter
Admiralty
Prine
Lexington
France
Tatmai i
Congresa
Boron
Branklin
Fragmentary note on General Howe and Philadelphia
The readable text mentions General Howe and Philadelphia with fragmented remarks about dispatches and British plans. It hints at avoiding Patriots and references Burgoyne and a map of America, but the content is incomplete and unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rica
Howe
Philadelphia
Cme
Burgoyne
America
Brighthelmstone Wit and Foote at Brighte laPout
The London Evening Post notes Brighthelm Eyew and the arrival of Mr Foote, a famed wit and satire master. It praises his crowds of admirers and the mixed public reaction, while railing at vanity and inconstancy of virtue vs genius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighte laPout
Brighthelm- Iew
Jone
Foote
Private Contract Sale of Freehold Villa at Dorking Surrey
Public notice outlines sale of a freehold villa with stables for eight horses, coach house, gardens, kitchen garden, and grounds on a hillside near Dorking Surrey. Terms by Mr Langford Covent Garden, with further details and valuation available. Also a separate notice offers reward for a stolen bay mare from Sheffield Yorkshire, with contact details in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langford
Dorking
Surry
Mei. Langford
Covent- Garden
Sheffieldy
Yorkshire
Read
Pinksfton
Bartholomew Close
London
News from Flanders and Atlantic ports of Sept 8
Postscript reports arrivals and dispatches from Bourdeaux and Portsmouth. Sailors aged over 45 are to Brest, younger to Toulon. American vessel from Baltimore brings news of Ticonderoga’s evacuation and Burgoyne’s position. London letters note privateer actions, convoy orders, and Irish river privateer activity. magistrates elected in Edinburgh. counterfeit guineas circulating. multiple local notices and obituaries.
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Flanders
Intelli
Bourdeaurs
Brest
Toulon
America
Congres
Baltimore
Paris
Ticonderoga
Washington
Burgoyne
Nantz
Virginia
Portsmouth
Isle of Wight
Bristol
Liverpool
St. George’s‘Channel
Congress
Cartwright
Hector
Monarch
Spithead
Admiralty
Limerick
Shannon
Corke
Amsterdam
Texel
Lord L
Berlin
Frederick
Deal
Duke of Cumberland
Granby
Stafford
East Indies
Swift
Piper
Blenheim
Happy
Jamiaica
Parker
Gally
Edinburgh
John Dalrymple
James Banter
Cleg-hari
Gilbert
Maffon
Jamesiotchkis
Alexander. Maxwell
Charles Ir.née
Guild
Francis Turnwell
Cambridge
Thomas Bond
Hignal
Spencer
Joseph, Pyke
Corsham Church
Bath
Bath and Bristol
Litchfield-street
New Prison
Michael
Cathmin
Richard. Sinfield
John ‘Simcock
Sarah Lane
John Madden
Thomas
Bracy
William Pettyfair
George Doilin
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Mr. Renwick
Rome
Watkinson
Ear E. P.1
Frans
ARTS
the Printer of the
Evening Pet
L ‘O'N Don
Ain Gur
Beatle
Bole
India
South Sea
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