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French influence grows as sugar trade fears rise in Virginia
The Post reports alarm over French power in the West Indies after Spain and France seek to mediate, with Bennett and Barnard contrasting sugar island fortunes. It warns that Jamaica and Barbados could lose arms capacity, notes a tobacco contract favoured by France, and argues Britain must block French plans to deflate English tobacco and sugar interests. It cites trade figures, 1724 armament counts, and Parliament’s possible remedy to protect American commerce.
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