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London Hall Petition Seeks Parliament for Food Prices
The lord mayor and livery of London convened a common hall to petition King George II to convene parliament. Thorne and Durand urged relief from soaring bread and meat costs, blaming hoarding by merchants and banks, and called for broader economic remedies and population-boosting policies.
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London
Hastings
Tame
Qie
Thorne
Coventry
Ion
Ondon
Common Hall
Durand
Spitalfields
Ant
Wil- Pitt
Livery of
England
Kemble
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