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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 04, 1764
Page
4
A letter argues that selling wool and clerks abroad harms merchants and the realm. It urges the Government to act quickly to prevent sheep and wool exports to France, warning it would ruin woollen Wade interests and the national economy.
Albion writes urging government action on excise taxation and the unpaid French debt owed by Canada. The letter argues real facts outweigh theory and calls for a speedy remedy to reduce duties that oppress subjects while pressing Britain to secure satisfaction from France through remonstrance.
A letter asks the London Evening Post printer about a supposed revolutionary the author claims is dead. The piece contrasts Dutch punishment methods with English liberty, mentions the Prince and Princess of Brunswick, Wilkes, Paoli, and Genoa, and notes Portuguese governors, British cruisers, and colony emigration debates as factors shaping public mood and policy.
Letter to the printer from an English lawyer complains of punishments and describes Bridewell and Tothill Fields. A young former militia lieutenant, son of a recently ruined tradesman, seeks an East India Company soldier’s post via the paper, asking for patronage or a lower starting position.
From good authority reports of mass German and Protestant emigration for the new world amid a Dutch-British accord. It notes French military supplies via a friendly court, regular packet sailings to Florida and colonies, local drownings and robberies, weather damage, and trade figures with East Indies, America, and Europe. Also lists theatre listings, wind, tides, and hay prices in London markets.
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