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Letters Describe Keelmen Strike on Coal Trade at Newcastle
Extracts from May 2 1738 letters report a coal trade stoppage by Newcastle keelmen halting all loading up and down the river until ships bound for London could resume loading. The notices recount local deaths, court actions, and public notices, including perjury cases and a wrecked vessel near the Norfolk coast.
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Newcastle
London
Paddington
Air
Field
Chancery Lane
Chichester
Blackthell
Mr. Blackthell
Thomas de Bart
Riftol
Artillery-lane
Bishoffgate
Batchelor
Isleworth
Richard Barlow
Audley-street
Flaxius
Marlborough
Earl of Carlisle
Bath
Castle-Howard
Kingstreet
Westminster
Dotton
Jaft
Plaistow
Essex
Daniel Foxcroft
Yorkshire
New England
Clajham
Landcake
London Bridge
Putney
John Lant
Surrey
Robert Lant
South~ark
Well-Close-Square
Curry
Luton
Bedfordshire
Bedford
His Majesty’s Justices of Peace
de Veil
John Smith