Edict of 1719 France restricts imports to protect makers
A Bristol to London letter reports the French king's edict renewing prohibitions on Indian, Chinese, and Eastern fabrics. It details penalties of 3000 livres, trader bans, and public shaming, with references to the India and China companies and a catalogue of forbidden goods. Signed by Phelipeaux, the notice highlights France’s protection of domestic textile industries.
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House of Commons
Manchester
London
France
Council of State
The
India Company
China
Duke of Orleans
Paris
King’s Council of State
Phelypeaux
Mynheer van Robais
Aberville
Petersbourg
Munich
Riga
Thorn
Marquess de Monti
Ponnania
Augustus III
Vienna
Ottoman Empire
Eugene
Hin
Constantinople
Dresden
Regnant
Saxe-Weillenfels
John Adolphus
Veldt-Marshal
Saxony
Konigsberg
Stanslaus
Bohemia
Port News Deal February Shipping List Fragment
In the Downs several ships remain listed for various destinations including the Dutch Ship for Sheerness, the Trade Leonard for Africa, the Cheap Porrea for Virginia, the Cowley Clark for Jamaica, and the Braganza Lyon for Lisbon with other items incomplete. The fragmentary notice reflects a maritime port record of departures and cargo routing.
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PORT
Deal
Downs
Sheerness
Leonard
Africa
Porrea
Virginia
Cowley
Polish Court Motives and Turkish Peace News Worldwide
Warsaw reports uncertainty over Polish court plots as troops brace for city quarters on signal. Madrid confirms Spain's peace preliminaries with Vienna while Russia and Berlin describe troop movements, arrests, and preparations for royal visits amid frost and famine.
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Count Tarlo
Konigsberg
Republick
Spain
Don Joseph Patinho
Don Joseph
France
England
Holland
Rand y and Geneva Spirits Sold Cheap at Keen's Wharf
Wholesale sale at the Apple-Brandy M Warehouse on Keen's Wharf at the Foot of Essex Stairs reports Randy, praised as fine as any foreign, increasingly used as a substitute, at 3s 6d per gallon. Also Geneva of the Holland sort, London-made, priced at 25 4d per gallon. Tasting offered without purchase.
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Keen's Wharf
Essex
Strand
Geneva
Holland
London
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