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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 16, 1762
Page
4
Prices of wheat straw and stock values show daily market moves. Bank stock announces dividends, transfer book openings, and annuities with reductions. August 1751 Navy and Victualling Bills noted as on course of payment, with multiple dated references and financial terms.
A lengthy entry lists prices and items from a colonial grocery and commodity ledger. Bohea and Congou teas, pekou and souchong, dried and salted goods, dyes, spices, pigments, and soaps with varied per-pound, per-ton, and per-case rates. Many entries show foreign produce, sugars, cocoa, coffee, rum, and rations by place, with Jamaican, Guadaloupe, and Leeward Island references, alongside tonnage and unit measures. The list emphasizes prices rather than narrative context.
The piece critiques a recent Auditor Extraordinary and lists ministers, praising some figures like Townshend and Devonshire while condemning others. It mocks political hypocrisy, debates the balance of power, and argues the Havanna conquest should not derail peace negotiations with Spain.
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