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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 29, 1765
Page
3
A fragmentary OCR passage blends a dated recipe boast with a coy performance of a young female singer. It mentions a cook’s skill in boiling and mincing meat, a veasoned dish, and a wish for guest approval. It shifts to a coy plea from a young female performer seeking praise and entrance into readers’ hearts through song and charm.
In Charles Town August 29, His Excellency Governor James Grant appoints William Drayton native of the province as Majesty's Advocate-General and Chief Justice of East Florida, succeeding the late James Moulifie. Regiments Royal Scots Fusileers and Young Buffs arrive at Pensacola to relieve the 22d and 25th. Philadelphia September 15, William Coxe resigns Stamp Office for New Jersey to Treasury. Newhaven September 15, Meff. M'Evers and Rivington decline Stamp Master roles in New York.
Unclear OCR notes recount a large unusual fish beached near the Sands of Fergus four miles north of Peterhead. It is described as Grampus-like, about 25 and a half feet long, with multiple fins and red flesh interior.
Proposals invited for encroached woodland known as Brass Pits near Boxford. Acres described with eleven year growth, rates to cut Hive Acres annually, and waste limits. Interested parties may apply to Richard Raley in Old Street 5 or Gilberg Sheldon at Bellise Coffee-House Mitre Court Fleet Street London.
A reader from the London Evening Post argues that the clause allowing creditors to appoint affignees and a banker in bankruptcy is faulty. The letter cites a case where creditors selected an active but not wealthy affignee, added two others to oversee affairs, and appointed a banker. A two-shilling-per-pound dividend followed within months of the law’s bar.
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