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London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 06, 1759

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French and German Forces Move in War News Recon

Sept 28 reports detail M d'Armentieres aligning with 8 battalions to form about 22,000 troops under his command, while General Imhoff camps with 12,000 between Munster and Wahrendorff. Paris dispatch notes Parliament resistance at Versailles and French edicts being pressed for registration amidst financial strains and public fear. Meanwhile, naval and coastal arrivals update with multiple ships and crews reaching Plymouth and Portsmouth, and Prussian armies push toward Dresden vicinity.

M.d’Armentieres Luynen Hamm M. de Voyer Imhoff Munster Wahrendorff M. d’Armentieres la Marck Frapte Triers Hermanstein Luxembourg Paris Versailles London Gazette Hogue Magdebourg Finck Wunfchr Gorbitz Dresden Saxony Prussia Glogau Silesa Prince Henry Marshal Daun Gorlitz, Gabel Bromisch Friedland,&c Bohemia Dresdén Gorlitz Prince Ferdinand M. de Contades Luckner Francfort Qableptz

Port News Gleams with Arrivals and Sails at Falmouth

Port News records arrivals at Falmouth including Catherine Riviera from Barbadoes bound for Guernsey, John and Elizabeth Jones from Tenby aboard Susanna and Mary Cook from ditto, and clears Turnpenny Blewit to Penzance Three Brothers Story to Yarmouth Unity Wheelwright to Lymington Five Brothers Fagden to Portsmouth Success Pelly to Fowey John Randall to Portsmouth John and Elizabeth Jones to Plymou th.

Falmouth Catherine Riviera Barbadoes Guernsey John Elizabeth Jones Tenby Susanna Mary Cook Ditto Turnpenny Blewit Penzance Story Yarmouth Unity Wheelwright Lymington Fagden Portsmouth Success Pelly Fowey John Randall

Maid of Orleans Inspires French Verse Satire

London letters describe French verse satirizing France under female influence with mentions of Lady Fate and a maid. Report covers naval dispatches from Havre de Grace Road, Admiral Rodney’s fleet, troop movements, and several London civic and social notices including appointments, marriages, and deaths.

Two Hours to End by Wheel or Mull

Newsprint snippet notes varied theories on how a task will be completed, listing from an arrow to a wind powered mill and a large wheel or mull as favored by many connoisseurs. It then records Richard Berry being committed to Newgate on suspicion of stealing 7218s from a Hackney brewer. The London Gazette reports knighthood for Thomas Stanhope and notices of bankruptcies, dividends, and a general quarterly meeting of trustees for fire loss claims, with lighthouse works and a floating light renewal near Edystone Rock.

Havre de Grace Road Rodney Deptford Hahah Frankfore Frome Richard Lloyd Kensington Roman Allhallows Barking Francis Gonning Hauttofficum Newton St. John’s College Cambridge Ray Ely Triplow Samuel Fludyer Samuel Basinghall-street William Stanhope Bath Francis Blake Delapah King’s Square Court Soho Square Miss Delaval Sir William Eythorp Bucks Edward Burnaby Treasury Tottenham Court Road Edmund Clarke Chiswick Barnet Forest Hunt Epping Woodford Walthamstow Brazier’s Ferry Hackney Newington Richard Berry Newgate Robert Pell John Tarra London Gazette Thomas Stanhope Roger Pinckney Great Wild Street St. Giles In the Fields Middlesix Bartholomew Gray Mark-Lane London Apothecary Chapman Josim Redhead St. Paul Covent Garden Middlesex Mercer Dealer Edward Palgrave Acre Norfolk Thomas Warner Huntingdon Mealman and Maltster John Fisher Bristol Royal Exchange Craig’s Court Charing- Cross Great Britain Trinity-House Otice Edystone

London Common Council Subscription Notice 1759

A note from the Common Council at Guildhall states that if the subscription money raised is more than needed after the service, the surplus will be returned to subscribers or their legal representatives in proportion to their contributions. The subscription book remains open at the Chamberlain’s Office each weekday from dawn till late afternoon, excluding Sundays and holidays.

Guildhall London Ifa Ball Great Britain Hodges N City of London Chamber of London Hodges

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