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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 20, 1764
Page
2
The piece reports on alleged names of fifteen capital monopolizers in the coal trade and their past methods to raise prices. It also recounts a seven o'clock duel in Marylebone and a Strand youth's failed suicide attempt linked to a betrothal news.
A fragmentary address to the Gentlemen and Freeholders of Southampton County appears, beginning with a salutation and pledging engagement or inquiry. The text is incomplete, offering limited context about governance or local matters and preserves no clear event or outcome.
Very large parcel in India Company warehouses offered for export or home use at sixpence advance on sale. Jamaica rum in various quantities at one shilling per gallon and other prices. Coniac brandy sixpence per pint. samples available at the Punch-house. Wines, coffee, beetles, and related items priced. delivery near Fawn and Royal Exchange carriage free.
Heirs are asked to prove kinship for Mary Wilkes of Salisbury and widow of James Wilkes. Notices warn of sale of Mary Wilkes estate holdings including the Manor of Bau RAM in Cambridgeshire and farms in Sawstone Little Abbington and other Kent and Somerset properties. Annual values listed with hundreds of pounds. Leicestershire New Parks and several manors are noted. Further particulars via Parker of St James's Place or Bincks of Chipping Ongar. sale day announced in this paper.
A historic sale offers freehold and leasehold parcels including mills, barns, pastures, arable and meadow lands totaling around 134 acres near Holaun and Hedbeach. The premises span Mansions, farm buildings, gardens, and substantial outbuildings in Brent Pelham and Furnenx Pelham, with several leases and a brick mansion. Details and conditions await enquiry to Mr. John Cooper or Mr. Julur teverson at Nance's Coffee-house Temple.
A dense, fragmented digest reports European diplomacy, weather anomalies, and local law notices. Items include a Brunswic hanover chancery update on bishopric affairs, a red rain phenomenon in a Dutchy and its religious fear, marriage treaty talks between Archducal houses, Kilkenny town disturbances by Whiteboys with troop mobilization, and police actions against beggars in Dublin. Additional brief items cite a harbor breach at Aberdeen and a shipwreck off Shetland, with harvest thanksgiving plans and Atlantic port arrivals summarized.
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