The Coinage Debate From A Royal Proclamation View
An 18th century treatise fragment argues royal authority should legitimize coinage values or stamp value on coins. It explains metal as a durable, portable common measure, notes worldwide bullion flows, and cites Edward III to Elizabeth I shifts in shilling counts. It links money supply, prices, and real wealth to metal quantity and standard weight.
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Blackstone
Europe
America
Bivac&. Cam
Edward III
Henry V
Henry VII
Elizabeth
Adam Smith
Lisbon fire on a Lisbon voyage and Iberian fleet actions
A vessel arrived from Lisbon reports a fire on board after a port engagement. The Spanish fleet had not appeared at sea since the late action. Reinforcements from Cadiz were believed sent but disputed. The English fleet at Lisbon refitted. a Portuguese squadron prepared. News also notes Emperor, Empress of Russia to Moscow, Moreau and Hoche’s arrival, and minor duels and political misgivings amid broader war coverage.
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Lisbon
Cadiz
Lifbia
Portugal
Spain
Catalonia
Velters Cornwall ‘Berkeley
John Jervis
Berkeley
J. Jervis
Prussia
Russia
Petersburg
Moscow
Duke of ‘Norfolk
Duke of Portland
Piccadilly
Fomle
Duke of Norfolk
Lord Hood
Hampton Court
Prince of Wales
Duke’ of Clarence
Baron de Nagle
Hartfinck
Lower Saxony
Bank of England
Hyde Park
Bowe Street
Carpmeal
Carpenter
Drogheda
Rae
Dublin
Edwards
Justice Gibbons
Luke Dandal
Swords
Lott
Bank Merchants Seek Expanded Discounts at London Tavern
A meeting of about fifty merchants at the London Tavern debated expanding Bank of England discounts to six million pounds to aid trade and manufactories. The bank said discounts were maxed and declined to extend beyond a million, despite resolutions urging broader accommodation. A deputation asked whether repayment of a large debt would trigger extensions, but the bank provided no clear answer. A subsequent gathering and a visit to a bankers’ committee yielded no action, and the effort dispersed without progress.
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Pitt
London
Bank of England
Felec
Alederman Lushington
Annual Profits of the Bank of England Document
Minutes of the House of Commons show government advances around 1.279 million on April 1793 with 4 percent interest, plus large ordinary discounts and dividends. By 1796 the bank held 11.686 million in advances, paying 7 percent dividends while annual profits from banking, government service fees, and bullion dealings are noted as substantial, suggesting annual gains well over 300,000 pounds and a six million undivided fund.
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House of Commons
House of the Commons
DivigenJon
Decimal invention and European adoption in the 16th century
The piece notes Simon Steven of Briges introducing decimals to Europe in 1569 and mentions Chinese coin subdivisions, speculating the Portuguese adopted the system after visiting China during their 1487 Cape voyage. It also lists peers and nobles associated with an inquiry motion by Earl of Albemarle into Navy conduct.
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Simon Steven
Briges
Europe
China
Cape
House of Lords
Earl of
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Henry
Santissima‘Trinidada
Cologne
Moreau
Hoche
Roer
the Sambre and
Mele
Jourdan
Masfena
L’eclair
Paris
Chenier
Caenier
Iis
Buonapaste
San Marino
Italy
France
Lord Buston
William Pitt
the ‘Bank
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