Stamp Act turmoil and royal entertainments fill London
A crowded week in London features royal visitors and noble entertainments at St James's and Spring Gardens, while Parliament debates the stamp act, port duties, and trade measures. Reports from Spithead, ship losses near Drogheda, and forthcoming Irish roads schemes accompany naval preparations and a wealth of society notices including marriages and local celebrations.
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St. James’s
Queen’s Palace
House of Commons
Pitt
Fat Tate
Westminster
Sheffield
Birmingham
Leeds
Spitalfields
Earl Jemple
Stowe
Buckinghamshire
Duke of Beaufort
Bedmington
Somersetshire
Earl of Buckinghamshire
Prince of Brunswick
John Harris
Esg
Amelia
Pall-Mall
Monro
East Indies
Dunkik
Koy
Portsmouth
His
Zolus
Aquil- Ton
Spithead
Lark
Newfoundland
Pearl
Tyger
John Amery
Jamaica
Liverpool
Drogheda Bar
Ormshead
James
Smith
Virginia
Whitehaven
Arklow
Famie
Europe
Workington
Cork
Wexford
Earl of Donnegal
Fisherwick Park
Stafford
Torme
Whittington
Litchfield
Dewland
Henry
James Pye
Henry Pye
Berkshire Regiment of Militia
Farringdon House
Pococke
Meath
Ireland
British Museum
Archdale
Incorporated Society For
George Ringwood
Cheaptide
Greekstreet
Elizabeth Northey
Edward Northey
Sarah Stanley
Anna Christophera Cole
Jewin-street
John Stanley
Sarah
Newgate
George Tompson
Ropemakers Alley
Moorfields
Guildhall
Old Baily
Holland
Copenhagen
Denmark
Leghorn
Civita Vecchia
Mediterranean
Estate Sale Prospectus at Foulness Essex with Land and House
Auction notice describes sale of a dwelling house with outbuildings and about 2 acres of arable and marsh land in Essex. Terms mention mortgage, particulars via Henry Farnnton, and sale of Jamaica rum and brandy at the Royal Exchange warehouses with samples and delivery details.
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Essex
Henry Fharnton
Brook Street
Holbourn
Wenman and Co
Royal Xchange
Rrack
Gallen
de India Company
Jamaica
Charles Wenman and Co
Oyaggr
Cuttom-house
Mountain
Lisbon
Crisis in British Unity Over Stamp Act Crisis
A letter to the London Evening-Post laments breaking communal bonds and fears a dissolution of the Commonwealth as leaders push for rigid enforcement of the Stamp Act. The author sees corruption and impudence obstructing reform, warns of national and colonial confusion, and questions those who would profit from upheaval. Pro Patria.
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Valerian
Hill
Richard Baldwin
J. Ridley
St. James’s Street
England
Public opinion on gaming tax and ministry policy
A London Evening Post letter argues against a 415,000 pound levy by lowery tax as destructive to a commercial nation. The writer contrasts wartime necessity with peacetime governance and mocks proposed new ministries as unworthy, forecasting prolonged rule for an imagined potent administration.
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St. Paul’s
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Bible and Crown
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