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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 28, 1770
Page
2
An 1769 letter directed to the Honble Miss Vernon, preserved with care, shows intimate personal content. The handwriting narrates affection, social visits, and hopes for a future meeting, ending with assurances of sincere affection and a plan to discuss more when they meet. The document was examined and cross-checked against original sources by Thomas Grosvenor and others.
On June 26 in York a salmon measuring four feet five inches long and weighing fifty two pounds was landed. In Leeds Wakefield hosts a cock-match where David Smith and John Caldred fought in eighty battles with Smith winning twenty two and Caldred eight. Smith claimed thirty seven battles with twenty nine victories including seven byes.
A London letter reproduces a copy of a Society of the Supporters of the Bill of Rights address to the Commons House of Assembly of South Carolina. It praises colonial unity, rights across Britain and America, and condemns despotism while noting political and naval concerns, society gifts, and notable moves in Parliament and London society. It mentions the Duke of Grafton, Falkland Island, and a French ambassador, plus local deaths, marriages, and a royalist public mood.
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