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Historic mid 18th century supply debate and port election notes
The text details a House of Commons session on repairing a road in Middlesex to Basingdon near Bagshot, with other business including a workhouse bill for Canterbury, naval wage funding, and a general fund deficiency resolution. It records the election merited for the Port of New Romney, naming David Papiller and John Fifington as defeated and Sir Rogert Austen and Sir Robert Farrese elected barons for the port.
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Charles Turner
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