Boston Town Meeting Promotes Local Industry and Economy
In Boston at Faneuil Hall on October 28 1767 the Freeholders and inhabitants voted to curb imports of European superfluities and support American-made goods including glass paper and clothing. A subscription plan was set up with named trustees. witnesses praised starch paper and silk as ready for local manufacture and noted trends toward frugality and growing domestic production.
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Boston
Faneuil Hall
James Otis
Philo Patrie
John Rowe
William Greenleafe
Melatiah Bourne
Samuel Austin
Edward Payne
Edmund Quincy Tertius
John Ruddock
Jonathan Williams
Joshua Henshaw
Hendersoun Inches
Solomon Davis
Joshua Winslow
Thomas Cuhhing
Polgoles
Tme
Diversien
America
General Assembly
William Coorge
Poland
Kippen
John Baker
London
Gillispie
Britain
Lynn
Callimanco
Labrador
Court and gossip fill scarce London pages
The Thursday scraps report a thin court at St James's with nobles abroad for holidays, royal dining at the Queen's Palace, Duke of Cumberland hosting an entertainment, and Montague and Northumberland visiting Bath and Hicks's Hall. Local deaths, petty crimes, and assorted notices fill the rest, including maritime and colonial trivia and warnings about dangerous iron works.
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St.James’s
Princess Dowager of Wales
Louisa Ann
Queen's Palace
Duke of Cumberland
Cumberland-house
Pall-Mall
Duke
Dutch
Bolton-row
Piccadilly
Deal
Floridas
London
Brereton Banned From Necmnurket Society Assembly
A 18th century notice records the Jockey Club at Star and Garter Tavern expelling Major Brereton for scandalous conduct. It describes a society in Necmnurket for widows’ benefit, listing admission terms ages twenty-one to forty-five Protestants, married one year, health, five guineas on entry and annual payments, with widow benefits. Abstracts available at Queen's Arms Tavern or Michael Fithes's in Wych Street.
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Major Brereton
Jockey Club
Star and Garter Tavern
Pall-Mall
Brereton
Necmnturket
Laupasee Society
N.B
Queen’s Arms
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
Michael Fithes
Wych-Street
Temple-bar
Debtor in Newgate Prison Seeks Five Pound Aid
A distressed debtor confined in Newgate near six months for debt appeals to charitable Christians for five pounds to secure liberty. He has sold his clothing to survive and risks perishing without relief. donations may be sent to Rev. Moore in King Street Soho, the prison steward, or to D. R. at the begging gate, with thanks promised.
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Newgate
Moore
King-Street
Soho
D. R
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Efgg
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Barret
Cripplegate
John Abel
Catharine Wheel
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Tue
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Penton
J Pee Scot
Ichard Cox
Ohn
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Shirley
Robert Pigott
Jum
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Bolingbroke
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Waldegrave
Robert Brudenell
George Cavendith
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