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Newspaper
Dublin Gazette
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Jul 29, 1740
Page
2
Fragmentary news from Dublin reports smallpox fears, a fatal child mortification, a street accident, and a widow's burial. It notes wheat imports from Berwick, licensing debates, and local seal production orders. The piece references the General Diet assembly dates and Palatinate deputies begin assembling next month.
Dublin notices that on Monday September eighth between ten and twelve in the forenoon the remaining orders or receipts for the loan of three hundred thousand pounds will be placed in a box or area for drawing. Interest on the ten thousand pounds ceases from September twenty ninth. Gardiner, Deputy Receiver General.
Parliament passes an act on November 1749 regulating linen and hempen cloth production. It bans sale of plain linen of certain widths, imposes penalties for weaving and selling noncompliant cloth, requires master weavers to stamp name and breadth data, and forbids mislabeling or fraud with linen and hemp yarns.
In Wicklow county Ireland, an act of violence against property of John Barker and partners occurred. The assailants broke in at Crosefieldharbor, killed and injured cows, and fled. Rewards and pardons are offered for those involved, with authorities seeking justice for the crime in Dublin.
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