Enquiry on Corruption and Revenue Abuse in English Officials
A letter from Gravesend urges Parliament to investigate misapplication of national revenue and corruption among revenue officers. It cites private gains from duties, possible illicit fortune from colonial posts, and calls for accountability to restore Britannia’s honor. Reports from Bilboa and London note privateering, executions, and bankruptcies.
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Senate
Britannia
M x
London
Bilboa
Downs
Dunkirk
Dunkirer
Bowyer
Somersét
Dover
Haddock
Toulon
Bawtry
Yorkshire
Monckton
Lord Galway
Mr. Stows
Swan Prewhouse
Whitechapel
William Searle
Dean Street
Soho
Mincing Lane
Mayhew
Kingdom
Mary Howard
Newgate
Justice Chandler
William Bunen
Oporto
Streights
Lisbon
New England
New-York
Port News Update From Deal to Dublin and Pool
The report notes March 8 movements with the Sutherland and Spence sloop sailing to Dublin. The Hannah Tillier and the Two Brothers Thorpe headed to Pool, all under northeast winds.
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Port News
Deal
Sutherland
Zid
Hannah
Tillier
Dublin
Thorpe
Pool
Wind N. E
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Mitchell
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Harvey
Guernsey
Nicholas Waldren
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Devon
Walter Robotham
Pope’s Head Alley
Cornhill
London Bridge
Bank
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
Seady
Edward Taylor
Tower-Royal
Watling-Street
Garraway
Exchange-Alley
Bull Head Tavern
Bow Church
Cheapside
William Wiean
Phineas . Evans
Ludgate-Street
Mercer
Jones
Craven-House
Richard Croffis
Shakespear’s
Piazza
Covent-Garden
Houshold
Thomas Jones
Thomas Stackhouse
Beenham
Berkshire
S. Austen
St. Paul’s
Wich
Webber
George-Andrew-Patrick-Briton
T. Cooper
Globe
Paternoster Row
Christian Prief- Kecraft