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Trade to China and Tea Duty Reflections
Letter, dated March 13, discusses English trade with China since 1701, noting ships, ports, and companies, and argues for continuing tea duty and its impact on the East India trade. Port News updates include arrivals, ship movements, and local government appointments in London and Grays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Amoy
Cook
Dashwood
Old India Company
Neptune
Golfright
St. John Baptist
Pearl
Chufan
Canton
Aurengzeb
Chambers
Canterbury
Cooke
Herne
Momague
United Company
Katharine
New
Marlborough
Kent
Sidney
Soatham
Eaton
Queen
Northumberland
Ostend
Essex
Montague
Sarum
Bridgwater
Carnarvon
London
Fort St. George
Camshire
Japan
India
Durand
St. James’s
Admiralty
Woolwich
Addis
Hull
Newington
Surrey
Dixon
Wells
Peru
Oxford
Excise Office
Saunders
Bakewell
Rotherhithe
Croydon
Doctors-Cotmons
Henry Penrice
Union
Mediterranean
St. Philip
Saphire
Phenix
Gibraltar
Morlaix
Cadiz