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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 19, 1759
Page
3
Thurday Mr Weston a surveyor from Skerries landed at the Custom-House Key 105 catks with 400 weight of Bohea tea 760 weight of green tea two tons of leaf tobacco 105 anchors of brandy and a large quantity of cocoa nuts marking the largest seizure of tea in some time.
Deal April 19 ships arrived yesterday His Majesty's Ship Rochester came down the Ostrich Hawkins for Falmouth de Hopewell pulling for Exeter The Rochester and Aquilon Men of War have just failed on a cruise also failed the Three Brothers Story for Dublin Remain in the Downs the Ostrich and Hopewell with the ships as per last Wind westward.
London reports a proposal to support public credit by buying new subscriptions at a fixed price. Meanwhile Amherst prepares an early campaign and ports receive returning privateers. ships like Achilles and Tamer engage off Cape Finisterre and Weymouth, with trade and Cork duties affected amid ongoing war actions and local notices.
A dense commentary argues that nation built commerce and laws shape state power, while rival states may be punished for breach. It weighs war time incentives, state craft, and the danger of inviting foreign aid in money and sailors, alongside local notices of deaths and ship movements across English ports.
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