Addressing Britain's Decline and War Policy in Europe
A polemical discourse argues that Britain's empire is weakened by ministerial errors and costly wars. It cites three million subjects, thirty thousand seamen, and ruined colonies, urging new strategies to counter France and protect commerce. Washington's letter to Burgoyne and military movements in Ireland and Gibraltar are noted amid a broad critique of governance and fiscal mismanagement.
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Gateshead
Ralph Warwick
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Fray Sherriff
To the Printer of the London Evening Post
A reader laments the kingdom's accumulated debts and looming consequences, asking how vast sums—raised by the Long Parliament since November 3, 1640—have led to present financial strain and fiscal peril.
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