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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 09, 1766
Page
4
The fragment argues that certain people should be severely punished rather than encouraged and laments a lack of humanity and understanding, addressing a person named Sir with a formal closing. The text reads as a dated, argumentative aside without concrete details or identifiable facts.
A citizen letter from Exeter praises the mayor for halting price hikes on food by compelling farmers and butchers to sell at reasonable rates. The piece argues magistrates nationwide should imitate this action to curb famine and riots, condemning forestallers and monopolizers. Dispatches note regulatory acts and proclamations from Parliament and Elizabethan laws, urging enforcement to ease public distress.
A gentleman mocks the press for repeating well known topics. He complains about pension place and peerage terms and asks writers to invent fresh material instead of dull reiterations about Lord Chatham.
A Proclamation notes Parliament stands prorogued to the ninth of September, outlining the continuation of sessions and noting the prorogation date as declared in Londin’ on this day.
A fragmented entry records vessels and routes from Deal on Sept. 16 with names such as Carrié, Thames, Leghorn, Sophia, Dublin, Canaries, Guernsey, and the Royal Charlot. It lists wind forecasts, high water times at London Bridge, and mileage and bond figures for Navy, India Bonds, and related financials. The OCR yields unclear names and numbers. the piece functions as a rough shipping and market blurb with scattered figures.
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