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Prolific essay on light, liberty, and trade critiques
A dense 18th century letter page discusses rights, taxation, and civil liberties, urging a Protestant state to avoid oppressive light restrictions and costly rents. It includes parliamentary commentary on Jamaica’s woes, tobacco bounties, import-export tensions, and public notices from various European postings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Wixxes
J. Pridden
Fleera Street
Dick Swift
Caracacura
Aix-la-Chapelle
Europe
Richard Rolt
Waller
Fleet Street
Holly Bigg
Wale
Clowes
William Luke Phillips
New Brentford
Pembroke College
Oxford
Carlon
Cooke
Shakespeare’s Head
Pacemoster Row
Camebridge
Comutry
Morocco
Turkey
Wilil
CATER
Red-Lion-Street
Holbourn
Adams
Pike
Crowder
J. Coote
King’s Arms
Great Briain
Ireland
Hill
Dr. Hill
Hoffman
Boernaayve
Shaw
Quincy
James