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Parliamentary Proceedings on Bills and Petitions January 1720
The House reports amendments to a longitude reward bill but rejects its passage. Petitions from the poor insolvent prompt a relief bill. Debates on East India goods and a new Newark burgess writ unfold. Watch regulations arise amid street robberies and debt measures tied to the Exchequer and South Sea settlement.
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Commons
Cook
East India
Orcester
Norwich
Weavers Company of
London
Newark
Nottingham
Conyers Darcey
Ele
Middlesex
Winchester
Lady-Day
South Sea Colny