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Long historic session notes on trade and linen debates
The House of Commons and Lords discuss tax assent, the land tax, and a longitude discovery bill. Petitions from woollen and linen workers in Scotland urge protection of Scotch linen against woollen imports and East India goods. Commissioners report on calicoes, linen, and Newfoundland fishery with trade entries from 1710 to 1719.
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House of Peers
Commons
Lords
John Fennings
House of Lords
Woolf
North Britain
Glascow
Aberdeen
Renfrew
Dumfries
Sterling
Scotland
Grand Committee
Weavers Company
London
Newfoundland
Commissioners of Customs
England
East Indies
France
Halland