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General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Nov 16, 1790

Page

2

Propriety of Small Houses Levee Debate in Birmingham

A Birmingham vestry meeting on October 16 1790 considered a measure to compel proprietors of small houses and shops to pay parish rates. Resolutions protest against levying and call for existing laws to govern taxes, while a committee inquiry and voluntary subscriptions to oppose the application are proposed with funds to be held by Birmingham bankers.

Birminghahe Shakespeare Taverny Birmingham Hatch Harrison Ind Swinney Bi. Min $1.6 Chronicle Ar Shorfday Towas Fnd Geo Ueaf C. Tg Wetter Villers Goodall, Dickenson and Co Benjamin Parkers Green Aris Seth Desige Fuch Jukes Birmingham Chronicle Anécer Lichfield Street Lapplord Bilston Henley Moorfields A&i George Robinson Foot Taylor House of Commons J. Stockdale Piccadilly Governor Phillip Botany Bay Port Jackson Norfolk Mand Lieutenare Short Alexander W.nisy Royal Hunter Shoreland Watts Daws Bradley Marshall N.B Stockdale Pike T. Wilkie Alting Ultinghall Thomas Aldham Lede Ulting Ulung London Chelmsford Mallass Witham Metlis Clubbe Wade Dunne Effex Josilyn Belstead Ipswich Suffolk Clachar King’s Head Inn Malden George Inn King

Tax on Landlords in Birmingham Sparks Public Debate

A Birmingham Chronicle opinion from November 4 1790 denounces a proposed tax on landowners, arguing it harms small homeowners and rent markets. The writer warns it would devastate private property rights, threaten tenants, and risk mania in Overseers, urging unity and prudent reform.

Fragmentary Town Meeting Report in Archaic Style

A garbled historical text fragment discusses a town meeting and the actions of a figure named Mesting. It references reporting, protest, and the necessity to avoid insulting the town’s justice. The wording is unclear and partially unintelligible, reflecting an old legal or civic discourse.

Deyavas Gibson, Bracken Bartét Otmér Sir John Ladies Bart William Taplin J. Robinson Paternofter-row G.earfley Fleet-freet

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