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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 24, 1780
Page
3
A brief item notes imports from New England to London featuring fur classes and general merchandise. No quantities or named firms are specified, but indicates a trade flow from American exporters to British markets.
The record lists quantities of pot ashes, pearl ashes, mafts yards and bowsprits for the Royal Navy, pitch tar turpentine and other commodities. It notes totals in pounds and tons, including timber and lignum vitae, mahogany logs planks and feet, with numerous measured units.
A letter dated 14 February 1780 to English landholders outlines a plan to publish six accounts of trade with New England and other colonies in four London newspapers. It requests funds, details printing costs around two hundred pounds, and proposes distributing sets to parishes and committees to ensure timely information for all residents. It urges residents to support printing and distribution via subscriptions to No. 96 Leadenhall Street, London.
A London correspondent argues that England’s poverty and depopulation stem from lost American trade. He cites export figures for New England from 1766 to 1768, warns of ministerial manipulation, and urges publication of detailed accounts via committees, urging speedy decision on how many sets to print and where to send funds.
On Saturday February 26 and February 14, wind S W. Arrived and sailed for the river with the Houghton armed ship and four ships from New York. Cammell Charming Saily Rowe from New York London Hind from Dublin Success Henderson from Belfat with trade from Ireland. Ships came down the Ocean Ewin to New York Eleanor Graves to Barbadoes Centurion Hepburn to Halifax remain with the ships as fat. At Poole John and Betty Johnson from Libon Neptune Pearce from Newfoundland At Halifax Lucy Knox from the West Indies Pomona Alrstetd from London plus from Quebec
Dispatches from Lisbon report Commore Johnstone arrived there after a six week cruise with no prizes, while thirteen English privateers also returned. Don Gatton's squadron pursued the Brilliant frigate, and news claims the British fleet plus convoy reached Cadiz. Flint and Nottingham county meetings plan petitions and committees, and the Tempest privateer from Antigua was captured by a French frigate at St Domingo.
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