Proposal to discharge Britain national debts by lotteries
A 1743 letter by Jacob Henriques proposes a national debt repayment plan for Britain over twenty five years using four voluntary lotteries of two and a half million tickets at twenty five guineas each. Tickets pay one guinea yearly with no principal loss and no interest. The plan claims wide subscriber interest, predicts royal approval, and suggests Holland travel to secure funds, with the aim of Parliament adoption and national prosperity.
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Great Britain
A&t
Holland
London
Jacob Henriques
Amterdam
Anderton
Fleet-Street
J. H
Jacobs Henriques
Curious Medals and Military Dispatches Across Europe
A mixed packet of 1740s news notes a gold medal with an inscription and royal favor, an armistice line along the Vara river with Imperial and French troops, and Brown’s heavy levies on local inhabitants. Letters report British force actions in the West Indies, local elections and marriages, drownings, and a Bateman courtship. The issue also announces the Universal Magazine XII and stock prices for the day in London.
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Baron de Coccesi
Antigua
West-Indies
Leeward Islands
Christ Hospital
Henry Marshall
Knt
Farringdon
Beadle
John Saunders
R. Stringer
Saunders
Stringer
Richard Myddleton
Chirk-Castle
Denbighshire
Jeremy Sambroke
Gubbins
Hertfordshire
Hants
Joseph Portal
Whitchurch
Peachy
Portsmouth
Elizabeth Portal
Moses Mitchell
Beconsheld
County of Bucks
Mr. Cook
Staples-Inn
North Wales
Rogers Holland
Thomas Martyn
Merionethshire
Dolegelly
Carnarvanshire
Carnarvan
Anglesey
Beaumaris
Deal
Raven
Badger
Greyhound
Experiment
Lambert
Lisbon
Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure
England
Hinton
King’s Arms
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
N.B
Universal Magazine
India
Royal Assurance
London Assurance
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M. Cooper
Globe
Pater-notter Row
John Whiston
Fleet-rreet
Richard Allin
Sidney College
Canbridge
Mitre Tavern
High Street
Cambridge
John Whitton
Middlesex Hospital
Edward Cobden
M. Mechell
Fleet Street
J. Newberry
St. Paul's Church - Yard
J. Jolliffe
St. James’s Street
Fegetius Renatus
A. Millar
Catherine Street
Strand
York
W. Reeve
Shakespear’s Head
Serjeant’s Inn
Westminster
Hi Hon
The
Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge
Austen
Newgate-Street
J. Hodges
London-Pridge
Philip. Miller
Fr.s
Company of Apothecaries
Botanic Garden
Hne
John and
James Rivington
St. Paul’s Church
Yard
Jr. K
J. Bonwicke
Red Lion
C. Hitch
Pater-nofter-row
J. K
Tavis Dawas
Church of England
Samuel Bourn
J. Robinson
Golden Lion
Ludgate Street
SR. Beerbaeve
W. Inmys
Berlin
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