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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 03, 1780
Page
4
A Pembroke county electoral address from Hugh Owen dated September 40 1780 closes with the poll results showing 1089 for Hugh Owen and a 77 majority for Lord Milford. The letter emphasizes impartiality, gratitude to supporters, and a commitment to public welfare and continued free fellowship.
A verbatim fragment shows JOHN ROUS expressing gratitude to the Gentlemen, Chrey, and Freeholders of Suffolk County for their support in his bid to represent the county. He thanks them for the honour and pledges fidelity to their trust dated September 27, 1780.
Publication notice for a September issue of a periodical titled Town and Country Magazine with a selection of contents including histories, amours, and essays. It lists the theatre plate, war progress in America, biographical sketches, and notices of books and mathematical questions. Sold by Hamilton and Robinson with pricing details for volumes and numbers.
The fragment shows Joseph Mawbey thanking the Censivmem Clergy and Freeholders of Surrey for their support after an election. He pledges faithful service, opposition to taxes and debt, and protection of civil and religious liberties, promising to study to deserve continued esteem. Dated Sept 29, 1780 from Botleys.
Alexander Macleod thanks electors of the Borough of Honiton for their support in Parliament. He pledges fidelity and independence to promote national and local interests, urging trust in his sincerity over rival attacks. Dated Honiton September 29, 1780, with admiralty reference.
Dispatches on board the Mercury report Americans cede Canada and lands west of the Mississippi to Spain if they aid Britain, a Cabinet council weighs whether to prolong the war. Laurens’s capture looms as a potential advantage, with ministers debating whether to use him for information and how to proceed with his parole or confinement.
Messrs Nichol Son and Co announce tickets and shares for sale at their offices in Cornhill and Westminster. They offer new adventures at half a guinea and one guinea each with many prizes, including capital sums of 10 600l and 5 000l, and claim no blanks to a prize. The scheme is backed by Government security and Bank of England deposits. free full details are available. Letters answered.
Hazard and Co prominent lock brokers sell and divide tickets and shares into halves quarters eighths and sixteenths at their State Lottery Office 93 Royal Exchange London with registers kept at six pence per number. Noted capital prizes from previous draws sold and shared at this office include two to cool and two too. Draw begins November 16th.
Arrived ships include William late Granger from London, and Crown Prince Kroger from St. Croix, with Frederick Wilhalm Ludkay and Lady Elizabethy Kruiey from Bordeaux. Other vessels named include Cornelia Bette, Tsabella, and Goodwill fleet connections, with Portsmouth and St. Eustatia routes noted amid fragmented fleet names.
The item lists varied bank stock prices and annuities with multiple percentages and references to four and five percent rates, including entries such as 4 per cent and 3-1-half percent. It reads like an archival financial snapshot with scattered figures and period notation, reflecting a market tally.
Fragmentary financial entry listing India Stock at 149 with half. annuities at 103 and 1752 per cent. Navy Aqusance Lottery tickets 131 18. notes on script and exchange bills with small fractions.
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