Shipping News and Local Crimes From a 1770s London Ledger
An antiquated items column reports a Dutch ship bound for Cadiz seized with arms, plus powder and cannon gear. Also noted are treasury payments, the Duke of Gloucester’s health delay, a Newbern letter on Governor Martin, high wind shipping damage at Cadiz and Newfoundland, London robberies, trials at the Old Bailey, and various prison surrenders and bankruptcies with related sailings and warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Hamburgh
Cadiz
America
Downs
Houshold
Duke of Gloucester
England
Newbern
North Carolina
Martin
Ewhbern
Cadia
Hughes
Newcastle
Beston
Cowes
Duchess of
Kingston
Chapel Royal
Roach
Ferguson
Hick’s Hall
Cullen
Scotland
Thomas Earl of
Caffilis
David Kennedy
Newark
Ayr
Westerday
Flint
Bow-ltreet
Hunt
Smith
Newgete
Willeby
Hatton Garden
Clerkenwell Bridewell
Old Bailey
Wm. Clarke
Welfe
Joseph Younker
Charles Chapman
Benismin
Fealaig
Burford Camper
James Baidton
Debtors and taxes in late eighteenth century finances
The column analyzes 1776 expenditure, claiming total outlay of 8 292 000 observations and predicting a debt rise of about three million. It argues that in thirteen years of peace the nation reduced debt by roughly eight million yet spent six million in a single year, while increasing land tax.
Repeal and pardon provisions on colonial trade acts
The document details parliamentary acts concerning maritime prize adjudication, certificates for cargoes, and penalties for false certificates, with provisions repealing earlier trade restraints. It includes authority to grant pardons to rebels, proclamations for peace in colonies, and rules governing captures, forfeitures, and returns of ships and cargoes under the war acts affecting New Hampshire to Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brittany
New Hampshire
Massachuset’s Bay
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pensylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
West Indies
Great Britain
Ireland
Customs
America
Kingdom of Ireland
Bolton
North America
Shau
Capaly
Fragmented Colonial Finance Excerpt Mentions Separation Aim
The text discusses plans to displace arms and sever ties with the Mother Country. It notes contingencies and transport service costs, with land and malt valued at 2,700,000 and annual navy debt around 300,000, while actual deficits are typically under half a million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
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Also Mentioned on This Page
Lon Dof
N.S
oua-Collins
Gaadmants Kiela
Sman
London
Guildhall
Edward Inge
Loper
Brook-street
Colchester
Maiden
Trecothick
Moore
Sally
Geyer
Marquis of
Rockingham
Whitewood
Granada
Thetis
Brown
Mary
Davis
Champion
Fellows
John
Christie
Tobago
Jane
Wallace
Tortola
The
Ward
Newry
Clarke
Montferrat
Bowen
Carmarthen
Wind
Deal
Greenwich East Indiaman
Carr
Mar
Crawford
Amity Hall
Tarburt
Wiliam
Charlotte
Jamaica
Robert
Cork
George
Dublin
Leghorn
Johannes
Poole
Newfoundland
Belrat
Molly
Steel
Antigua
Hoylake
Mahone
Parke
Zant
Tingmoucth
Charmng Saily
Rowe
Mewfoundland
Sophia
Williams
Tercejray N.S. de Pillar
Cok
Liberty
Godfrey
James Farloe
Chapterhouse-court
St. Gregory
Mercer
William Dicom
Oxford-street
Tisen-Draper
Richard ‘Taylor
Great Warner Street
Coldbath
Fields
John Hant
Little Se
Thomas Apostles
Taylor
Thomas Watkins
Mirthir Tidvil
Glamorganshire
William Dekin
High-Street
Bridgnorth
James Marston
Eastcheap
Elijah Pytt
London-Bridge
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