Taxing luxuries and coinage in wartime debates
In a crowded session Lord debated taxation on luxury items like coaches and the broader fiscal policy. He challenged Pamphlets and coinage figures, argued for maintaining Bank credit with government, and defended currency stability while praising Britain’s wartime resilience. Governor Johnston and Mr Fox opposed some taxes including newspapers and stagecoaches, while addressing strangers in the gallery and the American war stance.
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Thip
Dr. Price
England
America
Amerie
Peeson
H.cafes
Rimiour
Jamaica
Esate
Varleman
London
Tower
Livery of
Bank of England
Europe
Johnston
Charles Fox
Great Britain
Great Britain,’ Was An Impudent Libel On That Houte. What Governor Johnston
Mr. Fox
Mir Rigby
T. Fawnshend
Rigby
Colonel Barré
Lord Howe
Bay of St. Ive’s
Cornwall
Antiscorbatic Drops Price Hike Noted With Rebranded Packaging
Mr Sailsbury a Chymist of Mount-row Westminster-bridge Surrey informs the public that to prevent confusion after the price of his Antiscorbatic Drops for the cure of the Scurvy and Gout rises to 4s 7d a bottle he has altered all packaging. Bottles are moulded seals changed from an Anchor to the Hope emblem with Spero beneath wrappers red and printed in new type and border.
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Sailsbury
Chymist
Mount-row
Westminster-bridge
Surry
View of Westminster scaffolding and Boston plan in General Magazine
In the next General Magazine issue a view of Westminster hall scaffolding for the late trial, a correct Boston plan with surrounding towns, and a fine print of an allemande dance, engraved by Bowen in red chalk style.
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Duchess
Kingston
Tiriail
General Magazine
Westminster Hall
Boston
Bowen
Magazine advertise their monthly issue price and contents
The fragment notes a deluxe print valued above repairs, listing varied prose and verse, news of the month, and May horse races, with monthly continuation. It advertises George Allen in Paternoster Row and Booksellers in town and country, claiming new editions of three works.
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Uszal
George Allen
Paternofter
Siege of Damascus Poem in Early Drama Style
A verse drama scene depicts heroic Phocyas wooing Eudocia amid siege imagery. But as critics loom, the speaker pleads for leniency and public applause, urging polite reception and bold acting from the company and audience alike.
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Damascus
Jo Warris
Phocyas
Ruth
Phocyus
Eudocia
Fragmentary Bond Market Notation From Old Ledger
A garbled ledger fragment lists back stock figures, Indian bonds, bank consortia notes, and lottery tickets with percentages and prices. Mentions Bank of Ann, India bonds around 47 to 48 shillings, lottery at 11 shillings, and scrip with 14 percent premium.
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India
Dpe
Ceme
Consor
Bank Ann
Bank Cone Ann
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Tewkesbury
House of Commons
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Tetuan
Barbary
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Hawkins
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William Erskine
Royal Regiment of Highlanders
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T Robson and Co
New Bond Street
J. Water
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Southwark
Oxford-street
Ts Lowndes
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Edinburgh
J. Murray
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Cullen
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Polite
Scotland
George Young
Sdinburgh
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