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Newspaper
London Packet
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 27, 1789
Page
2
A garbled OCR fragment lists names and places including Palmouth, Liverpool, and Mercury entries such as Gak Congdon Tydea Jeli Heresquel Clary Croom. The text is unreadable in places, with several misspellings and unclear actions, offering no coherent event or outcome.
A garbled March entry references Queen appointing Toho Griffith in Los Angeles, with a March 23 date and older names. It mentions Lodovico Atamin as rocitator of St. isin born July 23, 1720, and vague references to a new Doch page and public notices.
The report details corn and grain pouring conditions, with references to merchants and brokers in Coventry, Warwickshire, and London. It mentions legal notices,warehouses, and displays of various wares, with names like John Rethle and Mr James Trugncon connected to trade and chancery matters.
April records list numerous merchants and tradesmen at Guildhall with notes of dividends to be made and licenses to be granted. Entries include William Thomson mariner at Guildhall, Thomas Beatton brewer in Surrey, and John Hailert silk mercer with other Edinburgh and London trades listed.
The article reports the royal visit to Windsor Castle with sermons by Rev. Dr. Lockman and other clergy, notes on political figures resignations and opposition rumors, and includes dispatches on Sweden, Denmark, and European diplomacy. It covers ship arrivals, naval movements, and scientific appointments, plus local ceremonial addresses from city merchants.
Supplement details Commodore Phillips supplies for the voyage to Botany Bay and the landing of convicts on January 1788. It notes provisions, transport losses, first settlements at Sydney Cove, Governor Phillips’s authority, courts established, and interactions with two French frigates seeking stores during their five weeks at Botany Bay.
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