Westminster House Meeting Prorogued to April 8
A report notes the House of Convocation met in the Je rusaem Chamber near Westminster Abbey and prorogued to April 8. It adds appointments of Lord Hon, Augustus Keppel, and Sir Piercy Brett as Colonels of Marines and a batch of export quantities including 860000 ounces of silver to Holland and 1300 quarters of barley to Portugal.
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Jerusaem
Westminster Abbey
Augustus Keppel
Piercy Brett
Holland
Portugal
South Wales
John Williams
John Hervey
Radnorthire
Presteign
Brecknockshire
Brecon
Glamorgan
Cardiff
Esther Decaux
Dowgate Hill
Leicester Gaal
London
Westminster
Paine Chamber
Uther
Leicester
L S
House of Commons
House of L S
Stourton
Elizabeth
King’s Bench
Westminster Hall
Glass
Coft
Rudhall
City of
Gloucester
Lee
Saffron Hill
Palsgrave-Head
John Crowdher
Jackson’s Court
Ruffelstreetr
Covent-garden
Postscript London Message to Geneva Makers Allies
A fragmentary letter from London to the Geneva makers and supporters praises their spirit and artful management in a struggle over gin production. It promises aid and rewards, notes adversaries in the city, and urges cunning to advance the prohibition repeal while warning against revealing falsehoods.
Distillery manipulation threats and political pressure 1760
A letter from P suggests crafting public deception to gain permission for unmalted grain distillation. It urges persuading landholders that grain consumption at the still benefits the landed interest and national economy, while framing cattle and sugar price narratives to justify demand and export manipulation. Includes notes on court mourning, troops, fairs, and East India ship cargo.
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Mitchells
Minden
Quebec
Saxe Gotha
Saxe Weymar
Hanover
Leipsick
Francfort
Brunswick
Count de Goertz
France
Franconia
Port l’Orient
Isle of Bourbon
Pirates seize ships and famine relief amid port notices
A briefing from Deal reports several ships captured by Algerines and a Dutch vessel left at Ile of Wight. A fishing boat with 920 bags of corn arrived without papers, distributing cargo to the Holy Protecor and town to avert famine. London news notes ships, wind, and weekly deaths, with bread assize details and stock prices for 1769.
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Raphael and
Mary
Jobs Paset
London
Valentia
Elizabeth
Newfoundland
Bilboa
Browne
Jacob B.fiz
St. Ubes
Amsterdam
Ile of
Wighir
Galla
Deal
His
Winchester
Gosport
India
Judith
Sample
Dublin
Hardwick
Plymouth
Gibbon
T. Griffith
St. Kitts
Sebuary
City of London
D. F. Fea Ib. Oz
Dr. Se
Bank An
Prem
Ditto
New An
India Ponds
BkRe
Bat Navy and Victualling Bute
Ditto Consol
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M—I D
P. S
Lord Chamberlain
Colnbrook Turnpike
Windmill Inn
Salt Hill
Windoth
We. Burcomee
New-Cross Turwerke
Kent
Beriz
Surrey
Dartford
Lewisham
Bromley
Epe
Bowling-Green
Black-Heath
Krno’s
Haymarket
N.B
Westminster School
Dean Stree
Cy Solo
Ward S
Sir William Courtney
Bart
Vernon
Andrew Stone
Welbore Ellis
S . Alban’s
Earl of Stamford
Delamere
Ferns
Mortyn
Hamilton-Hatt
William Livesey
Brockton and
Worthen
Salop
St. Giles
Cripplegate
Dagenham
County of Essex
George Inn
Stagg
Red Cross Street
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