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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 05, 1764
Page
4
An English correspondent warns that bribery and election corruption have risen to new heights, despite an uncorrupted administration. The writer cites a Lord of Trade convicted by law and argues the current government will clearly condemn such unconstitutional actions and discipline the offender.
In a letter from The Letter For The Poor of Old England the writer questions the cause behind widespread uproar and strange noises in the town. The plea asks for explanation of the disturbance and its origins, noting delays to insert the piece in future issues.
Long dispatches from Leghorn Toulouse Paris and Hague detail a new Venetian treaty with Barbary regencies, securing five hundred slaves for fifty thousand zequins. Reports also cover parliamentary actions against the Duke of Fitz-James, remonstrances to Versailles, and shipping losses, imports and exports across Europe and the Atlantic.
London reports reveal at least forty schemes to raise the year 1764 supplies and abate taxes. Twenty three of these are signed Pro bono publico. Mr. Oighant is appointed Post-Matter-General for Scotland.
A long OCR fragment presents prices and goods for tea, snuff, dyes, spices, and commodities from various regions. It includes tea grades like Pekoe and Souchong, Cinchona, indigo, nutmegs, ginger, sugar, cocoa, and market terms across several ports and regions. Strong entities include Jamaica, Barbados, Guadeloupe, Leeward Islands, St. Domingo, Guinea, and Pattents-like trade notes. The fragment reads like a colonial price catalog and trade ledger with assorted weights, prices, and origin references.
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