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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 06, 1747
Page
1
Reports from Petersbourg, Berlin, and Naples note pacific hopes and neutral stances. French maneuvers near Lille and Demer caution, while naval actions and prize captures continue along the English coast and in Lisbon, with Dublin and Galway observer notes on local affairs and notable deaths.
Newcastle conveys a private letter from Flanders noting Capt. Anderson eldest son of Sir Edmund Anderson Bart killed at Maestricht in a duel with a Scots officer. It reports the capture of John and Thomas, Capt. Bland from Shields to Mr. Hunter, by a French privateer, and details from Hasings Man of War officers about encounters with a Dogger privateer and a ship engagement near Hull.
In London a public reflection on virtue amid fortune notes a noble man maintained in honor despite adversity. The largest French prize seized by Admirals Howe and Warren is being refitted for service, with Sir Peter Warren set to hoist the flag. Elsewhere, news touches the peace talk, strategic missives on American affairs, and local marriages and obituaries including Mr Joseph Tuckwell and Dr John Andrew.
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