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The East Indies Trade Bill and Treachery in Treasury Office
May 26 the engrossed bill to prevent trading under foreign commissions passed the third reading. The Committee of Secrecy reported that Christopher Clayton of the South Sea Treasury Office sought to suppress Samuel Watts evidence by threats and menaces. Clayton was sent to the Gatehouse Prison and an address was drafted to obtain an account of customs uses and revenues.
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East Indies
Christopher Clayton
Samuel Watts
Speaker