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Westminster Debates on Streets and Trade Troubles
An 18th century record shows debates on pavement repairs by water works, bills to regulate bricks and tiles, and street cleansing. It notes petitions from tobacco merchants in London Bristol and Liverpool and a plea by British American traders about Spanish disruption to colonial commerce. The session adjourned to a Fortnight while tax and inheritance matters progressed.
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Westminster
London
Bristol
Liverpool
Aimerica
America
Greenwich Hospital
Charles Dillon
Arthur Dillon
Theobald
Viscount Dillon
Exchequer
Richard
Ireland