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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 11, 1759
Page
1
News from Cambridge reports a Superior Court sentence for Huldah Dudley found guilty of repeated adultery with her mother's 76 year old husband. She faces a rope, gallows path, severe whipping, a capital badge sewn on clothing, and costs. Two other women were fined eight pounds each for assaulting a widow and subjected to discipline.
Maritime notices report arrivals at Falmouth and Deal with sails to Lisbon New York and Portsmouth. Vessels include Providence Polax Rippon Venus and more. Dispatches note Herds of British ships Medway Canterbury Bonn etc and privateers Jamaican voyages and victualing for the fleet under Commodore Boys.
Extracts detail Dover to Woolwich orders for Pisces of Cannon and a Royal Navy squadron readiness. Captain Harden aboard the Hornet notes no French ships sighted, encounters with Dutch vessels, and Admiral Rodney’s restrictions. Jamaica arrival of Elizabeth from Casco Bay with lumber, chased near Hispaniola.
The report details an engagement with the French privateer Revenge, with heavy action aboard, casualties claimed on the privateer side, and repairs planned for Casco Bay. It also notes ships' cargoes, wares exported to the Straits, and court and bishop appointments in Britain. London guildhall subscriptions and militia enlistment incentives are announced, with procedures and deadlines for certificates and bounties.
A meeting of the county and city elites at St Alban's Tavern September 16 1759 resolves a subscription drive to fund bounties for able bodied landmen willing to enlist for three year terms within Great Britain. Funds to be held by local bankers, with surplus used for militia rewards. Duke of Newcastle to present resolutions to the King.
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