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Debtor Relief and Patriot Debates in London Clubs
A 18th century letter highlights a debtors relief act permitting summary hearings and discharge for debts under 100 pounds with fourteen days notice. The piece mocks so called reformers, praises a patriot nobleman plan to curb public waste, and notes debates at the Robinhood club on Gothick architecture and virtue versus theatre in Britain. It reports on court matters, prices, and naval intelligence, with society notices from London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George II
Mechanicus
London
Earl of Chatham
Prince of Anhalt
Deffau
Duke of York
Germany
Hanover
Count of Schaumburg Lippe
East Indies
Ametca
West Indies
Dominica
Holland
Hamburgh
America
Magdalen Hospital
Robinhood
Rome
Italy
Britain
Austm
His Majesty
S Court of Exchequer
Robert Bridge
Bocking
Essex
Suffolk
Norfolk
City of
Norwich
Perron
Tower-hill
Lord M
Hughes
Slater
New Church
Strand
Lynn
Guildhall
Lord Mansfield
King’s Bench
Sir John Fielding
John Fielding
Mary‘bone
Raven
Bishopsgate - Street
Bethlem Wall
Moorfield
Jamaica
Triangles
Oronoque
Deal
Squirell
Smith
Boston
Trimley
Kennard
Maryland
Downs
Law and Revenue
J. Fuller
G. Woodfall
E. Johnson
R. Baldwin
W. Johnston
B- Law
T. Longman
T. Lownds
W. Bathoe
J. Wilkie
Z. Stuart
W. Nicoll
J. Johnson and Co
Edinburgh
Dublin
Baker's
Exchange-Alley
Hereford
Bennett
Coventry
Meff. Ani. and Co’s
Birmingham
Gore Bookfeller
Liverpole
Monk
Chester
Key
Long-Acre
Buxcaenn
Cutler
Toyman
Bowen