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Reflective 1720s Excerpt on South Sea Debates and Borough Writ
The passage reviews a 1720 reflection on the Civil List topics and public credit debates. It notes the Commons resuming the South Sea Borrowers discussion, committee resolutions postponed to June, and a writ ordered for Hersham, Sussex, replacing Arthur Ingram with a new Burgess. It includes a London printing controversy and a Virgil quote amid a May 1721 observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commons
South Sea
Speaker
Hersham
Sussex
Arthur Ingram
Ety
Viscount Irvin
Great Britain
Corporation of Lancaster
Lechmere
Nmali
Great Carter
Tane
London
London, Intitl