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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 05, 1738
Page
2
A ceremony was held in the Duke of Manchester's chapel at Kimbolton where a noble couple wed. The duke hosted a grand entertainment for the newly married pair and several local gentlemen attended the celebration.
Rear Admiral Haddock to stay in the Mediterranean while Spain talks continue. A fire at Rose Inn, Sisingbourn kills three of Col. Byng’s horses. Walpole ill. Drs attend. Sir Charles Wager recovered enough to attend. Several appointments and marriages loom. deaths include Sir Thomas Steavens and William Steavens family monuments. Races begin at Chippenham. hops shipment massive. Jewish festival notes. various court and city notices, crimes, and shipments reported.
An Extra from Paris reports talk in the city that Emperor may cede Luxembourg to France in exchange for money, with part paid and dispositions made. French ministry officials deny the reports, though locals doubt the denial and suspect secrecy to avoid defeat. A Paris mail arrived today with nothing notable.
This fragment lists weekly diseases and casualties with counts, including infants under two and a mix of causes. It also records miscellaneous mortality data and a note on bread price by court order from 1738, plus stock market figures such as South Sea, Bank, and India loans.
The piece warns against decoys and impositions in public sales and auctions by a dealer near Fleet Bridge. It condemns second hand plate and watches, touts the dealer’s low prices and skilled workmen, and notes a policy of removing engravings before sale to hide marks. No credit offered.
Notice to Commissioners and Trustees concerning repair and widening of the road from the Black Bull Inn in Dunstable to the Way turning out of the road to Strafford House in Hertfordshire. Meeting to be held Wednesday the 13th at the Court in Redburn, at Thomas Sanders’s house.
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