Bread price inquiry dominates Commons debate in 18th century relief move
After petitions the Speaker adjourned for day, Governor Pownall presented a report on bread costs. The House heard proposals to reduce bread prices by reforming the affice using Anne era standards and earlier precedents. Lords and MPs including Sir Richard Sutton and Mr Huffey supported a bill to regulate the bread price and form a committee to draft reforms.
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Alfred
Richard Sutton
Huffey
Lord Lorth
Dowderwell
Field
T. Townshend
Mickworth
Address to English landholders on corn scarcity and justice
A circa eighteenth century appeal urges English landholders to adopt fair measures to end artificial corn shortages. It argues poor government policy hurts all, thwarts wealth, and risks social collapse, calling for equal justice to protect property and prevent further deprivation. The author warns of national ruin if rational reforms are not enacted.
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America
Tyburn
Marty
Stage-Coach Accounts From 1752 to 1772 Cites London Trade
The document surveys stage-coaches between London and English towns in 1752 and 1772, listing routes from London to major towns and cities with counts of services per year. It blames artificial scarcity for poverty, calls for remedies, and criticizes brewer price hikes affecting publicans and milk prices.
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Corhy &c
London
England
Briony Beer Prices And Itinerant Taxes In Metropolis
The passage laments beer price increases and tax burdens on strong beer. It notes near two shillings extra per barrel from advanced prices of Small Beer and Grima, and an implied eight shillings per barrel total after taxes. It argues against a proposed four pence per quart rise and promises effective remedies by election time.
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Voyage of Discovery Letter to Charles at Oxford
A fragmentary letter reveals the writer’s vow to join the next voyage of discovery and to be with Charles at Oxford in about a fortnight with a farewell, signed sincerely.
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Charles
New and Original Work This Day January 1973 Pantheon of Taste
An itemized catalog entry for This Day monthly magazine January 1973, describing price, engravings, and a mix of satires, political commentary, literary pieces, theatrical reviews, and humorous scenes. Notes include prints of The Ghost of Omichund, Brentford Guy Vaux, Miss Letitia Liberty funeral, and various anecdotes, poems, and notices.
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