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Mischiefs of Gold and Silver Stir Global Ambition and War
A colonial era issue reports on moral folly of wealth and the spread of corruption sparked by gold and silver. It also notes parish wardens planning to enforce Sunday laws, executions in Oxford, and varied intelligence from Copenhagen to Gibraltar. Reports describe a London peacocking tale, Irish Parliament plans, German China ware methods, and local notices from Halifax with shop sales and debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Middlesex
Oxford
John Billingsgate
Cockpits
Theodocia
Mn Sarah Walker
Copenhagen
Spain
Gibralter
Algiers
Edinburgh
William Crawford
William
Berlin