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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 18, 1740
Page
1
A brief, unreadable OCR fragment from The London Evening-Post dated 7 Numb 2006. The readable portions offer no clear event, names, places, or concrete facts to summarize into a complete card.
Private letters detail France Senators actions and English neutrality in the West Indies, Sweden Diet ambitions, French embassy influence, and Swedish royal health concerns. Debates over convocation of a general diet, Russian interests, and preparations for political moves with substantial sums funneled to support factions. Horse racing mentions add depth to the domestic scene.
In Plantation news dated Sept 19, Deuize the Privateer George under Captain Axon arrived with a haul valued at forty to fifty thousand pounds. He brought cocoa, sixteen hundred pieces of silver, wrought silver, and several chests of jewelry goods, amid plans to raise eight companies in Philadelphia for action against the Spaniards.
A truncated notice from Reading mentions an upcoming town event on September 18. The readable text references preparations and scheduling for attendees, with partial phrases indicating a gathering or ceremony planned for the weekend. Further details are unreadable in the OCR fragment.
Ralph Thrale and others declare candidacy for Southwark and Cambridge elections. Mayors and political figures named. Report includes death of Charles Knowles Earl of Banbury at Dunkirk and obituary for Mrs Myton of Halstone praising piety charity and family.
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