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South Sea Company relief and creditors debate in Parliament
Long excerpt from a 1720 parliamentary session detailing instructions to divert James Craggs estate for South Sea Company sufferers, resolutions on prohibitions, petitions, and debates on remitting seven million owed by the company. Key speakers include Sloper and Milner, noting fraud by sub directors and implications for public credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Craggs
South Sea Company
John 4Islabie, Esq
Committee of Secrecy
County of
Pembroke
Zamworth
Leicester
Litchfeld
Aylesbury
Commons
General Court
Sloper
Rolls
Hutcheson
the Dutchy
Mr. Milner
Soxth Sea Company
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