Repeal of the Poor Laws debated in Somerset notice
A public notice to Gentlemen Clergy and freemen of Somerset urges input on a proposed Parliament bill to repeal the Poor Laws and levy a united national tax for poor relief. The writer critiques the plan as favoring towns, harming rural parishes, and concentrating power to govern aid in the hands of a few, risking tyranny and social disruption. The piece argues for broader, fair distribution and warns against aristocratic checks on the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Publc
Knights of the Shire
England
Letter to Lord North on imperial policy and governance
A long letter from Sir Francis Bernard to Lord North discusses imperial governance criticizing oppression and corruption, urges a vigorous yet lawful approach, and recalls past colonial unity proposals. It references Hutchinson, Parliament plans, and the Albany congress, with notes on Boston and New York events and public sentiment in 1769.
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Sons of Liberty
New-York
Ireland
Bric@m
Albany
Hilborough
Tam
C. Loren
Rhode Island Letter Reveals Colonial Correspondence
Postscript notes a June 24 letter from Rhode Island stating Congress holds Governor Hutchinson letters and original missives to him from figures such as Jasper, Pownall, Bernard, Hood, Hillsborough, and Pownall. The letters, with copies, will be published to show the writers’ true colours. Boston Gazette adds commentary on ongoing continental persuasion efforts.
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Rhode Island
Hutchinson
England
Congress
Jasper
Israel Mandur
John Pownall
Sir Francis Bernard
Richard Jackson
Captain Gambier
General Mackay
Commodore Hood
Lord Hillsborough
Hallowell
Robinson
Pownall
Recruiting rumors and government struggle in English press
The London Evening Post notes 70 recruits in Kent and Surrey parading at the Horse Guards, with 170 more arriving and quartered in London. It accuses fake paragraphs of deceivers, cites poor enlistment in the last three months, and claims government relies on decoys as press gangs and sailors remain scarce despite Parliament's vote for 2000 seamen.
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Kent
Surry
Trelan
Ganetiser
Kent-street
London
Pacific Advertiser
Lord Barrington
Metropol
American petition and gunboat voyage told in Liverpool
A report says the American petition was presented yesterday and the Council left it on the table at seven. Captain Parry of the Hope arriving from Georgia reports a schooner fitted out by the Americans with ten carriage guns and seventeen swivels that intercepted a vessel carrying gunpowder, taking six tons and delivering it to Savannah on July 6 or 7. French ports in the Channel show several ships carrying arms bound for America, with officials noting English or American loyalties.
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New York
Lennon
Azal
Amherst
England
America
Cis
Gage
Algiers
Parry
Hope
Liverpool
Georgia
Achooner
Savanah
Drainage and Navigate but One United Work, a Gate to Deep Water
A memoir fragment titled Drainage and Navigate but One United Work recounts the first necessary measure by Lyme Regis Corporation. Named figures include Reyne, Sprait, and Messrs Hodtun, Fletcher, Crate, and others cited in obscure notices across Piccadilly and Cambridge.
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Corporation of
Lyme Regis
Rpownall
M.P
Piccacilly
W. Woittingham
Arnynn
Wr. Crate
Norwich
Metirs
Fle Hodtun
Cambridge
Tits, Fletcher
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Somerset
London Evening Pott
Lord North
My Lord
David
Waters
St.James’s
Mau
Ahab
Ramoth
Boften
Tha
Bifton
Sir Frances Birnard
F. Bernard
Hull
Glasgow
Sam, &c
de Wa
Franklin
Porynall
France
Leneh
Portfroush
Amity
Friendship
Cr Oopers
Sunderland
Nancy
St. Helen’s
L’ Orient
Ebenezer
Dahall
Christiana
L'P-Wrights
He Supply
Lyon
Polly
Sally
Plymouth
Accesson
Newmarch
Newcastle
Crwlar
Wilcocks
Montagu
Walterer
Blesing
Thomas
Portsmouth
Mermaid
Harford
South Carolina
Arwil
Diveu
Johsthan Jewitt
Swinton
W.iliam Taylor
Punes
Ted
Wath Wood
William Taylor
Verk Courans
Ferguson
Vincent
Royal Hill
Greenwich
Thomfor
Arit
Viney
Backs
John Drake
Windsor
William English
Weymouth-street
Southwark
Ailley
Westminster Bridge
Astley
Siock
Ditto
Consol
India
Prem
Navy
South Sea
Ditto Consol
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Keirutha
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Boston Gazette
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London Evening Post
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