Observations on the Budget and American War Policy
London Evening Post letter to Lord North criticizes the large budget and civil list arrears while urging relief for royal incomes. It denounces prolonged war with America, warns of insufficient funds for armies and merchants, and argues negotiations failed by American petition rejection leading to lost trade and rising tensions.
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Chelsea
Francis Schutz
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Drury-lane
Smith
Scutt
Newgae Market Court
Thomas Clarke
Tretire
Michiel
Herefordshire
Hugh Morgan
Whithorne
Keate
Westminster
Miss Powney
Penniston Powney
Berkshire
Isaac’Gregory
John-street
Greene
Tito. Bayley
Tooley-street
Burbridge
Leadenhall-street
John Greaves
Mark-lane
Higgins
Moorgate
Bath
Phillip
Pfk
London
James
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Mr. Mooring
Trade gossip and naval news from London and Jamaica
A London letter reports Admiral Gayton's planned convoy to Pensacola, possibly the Amherst storeship sailing from Jamaica with the Pensacola cargo. Items include Caribbean and Atlantic shipping movements, prize captures, slave shipments to Jamaica, and a protest over Portuguese piracy.
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Clark
Millegan
West Florida
Gayton
Chester
Pensacola
England
Lord Amherst Ordnance
Jamaica
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