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Newspaper
Weekly Register
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 02, 1798
Page
8
The readable fragments indicate a note about stamping on paper and duties paid at an office. Specific names, dates, or places are not discernible in the text. The fragment references the first number of the paper and stamped paper requirements.
London dispatch reports general unease over Vienna events and a strong royal proclamation condemning violence against the French Ambassador. News from Hamburgh and Plymouth notes military dispositions, naval movements, and a devastating explosion at a mill with casualties.
A fragment urging collective effort to confront dangers at home and save the country. It notes efforts to suspend enmities to face a common foe, but warns that human exertions alone cannot redeem the nation if national sins persist. The passage emphasizes guarded confidence in divine aid and collective resolve.
In Paris the third American Commissioner continues to exert influence while two have turned home. A Ware Cros meeting chaired by Right Hon. C. J. Fox at Mason's Favern heard Mrs. Fox oppose the executive government calling it a system of terror and urged firmness and unity. The crowd condemned the Féetob and urged a constitutional effort to regain lost liberties when a proper opportunity offers.
A letter in the Monthly Magazine from Dr. Fones of Dublin notes John Evang, the Traveller, failed to locate the Welch Indians near the claimed latitude. A later letter from Hoin’ Ame Jones near Pittsburgh says another visitor met two Welch-speaking Indians up the Missouri frontier after a three month trek. A further inquiry is planned.
A London burial notice lists multiple deaths including Margaret Stet, D. Rodger Fine, and F. Mares age 66. The obituary mentions connections to Lords Hava and Bindperes and references a Widow ad gysbaldiens Av Hackagyy J. Chaweel. Also cited are J. Price Etq. of Lincoln's and Rev. Mr.loyd with ages around mid-60s to 40s amid illness and fortitude.
The page shows a dense price list for wheat, hogs, meal, flour, beans, rye, malt, oats, and various live poultry terms with scattered figures and units. It includes errata and advertisement notes about apartments and misprints, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century market sheet.
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