Misapprehensions of a Pamphlet on Wool and Registry
Samuel Webber replies to a pamphlet defending an universal wool registry and opposing unmanufactured wool exports, arguing the calculations and motives, defending the registry plan as the best means to protect growers and crown revenue, while challenging critics and citing parliamentary and trade considerations. Port news and London notices accompany the letter.
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Great Britain
Freland
London
Smithfield
Wcife
Cooper
Woolf
Board of Trade
Samuel ‘Webber
Proposal for Town Court of Conscience to ease debt recovery
A writer praises the House of Commons Bill for easier debt recovery and proposes establishing a Court of Conscience in every incorporated town modeled on London's court. The idea aims to reduce lawyer costs and allow debtors reasonable time to pay, avoiding ruin from legal fees.
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House of Commons
England
London
Letting and sale notices from Westminster and Westerham
A historical notice lists a 24 year lease from the Dean and Chapter of Westminster for seven houses in Tothill Street and Carteret Street, with details sought from Joseph Studley in Lombard Street. It also advertises a sale of a Westerham brick house and acres of meadow land with inquiry through John Ellison, and public sale by candle at Garraway’s Coffee House featuring assorted goods with viewing points in Thames Street and Beat-Key, handled by Samuel Torin Sworn-Broker in Nicholas Lane.
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London
Blackheath
Prince of Wales
Duke of Cumberland
Howard
Dutore
Woolwich
Deptford
Flanders
House of Peers
Dorset
Grafton
Ancaster
England
Gibraltar
Port Mahon
Charles Polhill
Commissioners of Excise
Thomas Vincent
Botton
Lincolnshire
Wardour
Deceas
Ipswich
Suffolk
Edward Clarke
Kent
Thomas
Mary
Mercer
Hammond
Oporté
Holland
Virginia
Guernsey
London Gazette
Florence
Leghorn
Garland
O.S
Kinig
Humphry Bland
Eig
John Armstrong
Robert Napier
Thomas Cockayne
Dean and Chapter of
Westminster
Tothill-Street
Carteret-Street
Joseph Studley
Nicholas
Lombard-Street
Bletto
Westerham
Croydon
Sevenoaks
Colonel Wolfe
John Ellison
Bull-Inn-Court
Strand
King’s Arms
al Garraway
Exchange- Alley
Gafk Honglass
Dyers-Hall
Thames- Street
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Deal
Chatham
Delawar
Jolly
Turky
Pullam
Antigua
Leffery
Woolwich Transport
Portsmouth
Wind N
Dover
Lever and Sea
Murry
Maryland
New-England
Susanna
Brooker
Bristol
Francis
Strong
Southampton
John
Anne
Rose
Pool
Friendship
Greenstead
Arundel
Rochester
Renecks
Roan
Dantzick
Theatre Royal
Drury Lane
Covent Garden
Goodman’s Fields
London Bridge
South Sea
New South Sea
Bank
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London Ditto
Prem
Em- India
Exchequer
Angel-Cort
Snow-Hill
Sadlers-Wells
New-River Head
Islington
Mademoiselle Kerman
Monf. Dominique
Kerman
Williams
Heemskirke
Brett
Moni. Dumont
Monf. Baudouin
Davenport
Newton
Ofbeldiston
Rayner
Bullock
Lafont
Philips
Miss Story
Matter Matthews
Miss Wright
Madem, Couteur
Just Arriv
Paris
Hendrick
Harlequin Proteus
Mr. Ferguson
Colombine
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