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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 28, 1775
Page
1
Following the death of Robert McColls the partnership closes its accounts and offers the entire flock at greatly reduced prices with marked discounts. An elegant assortment of new silks will be shown separately. Five percent allowance for ready money, as stated. RFA and Co. inform the public.
A letter to the London Evening Post criticizes the Dean of Gloucester for praising a proposal to end disputes with the refitting colonies. It argues the Dean misstates duties on rice, Ireland’s bounty practice, and the impact of severing colonial ties on North American trade, claiming such separation would harm linen and other exports and overstate colonial ingratitude.
The letter argues tobacco farming sustains plantations and trade, linking royal navigation and domestic revenue to tobacco profits. It contends bounties aim to bolster English ships and reduce reliance on foreign supplies, while accusing the addressee of hidden ambitions and political bias.
An outspoken speaker criticizes a Bewdley address to the government as unsolicited and merely the work of a lord’s agent. He notes only seven local attendees approved the motion, with minimal support from Bewdley’s thousands. He disputes claims Bewdley profits from West Indian produce and questions the address’s authority and honesty.
Reports from Dover detail arrivals of the Queen of Naples with government dispatches from Boston, and a transport bringing officers amid mutinies and provisioning losses at Bottom. Jamaica dispatches say English vessels seized by Spaniards and French and Spanish fortifications being reinforced as British exports and lake-journey ships loom.
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