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Provisions Prices Alarm Critics Call for New Law
A London letter laments that Forestallers Regrators and Engraffters raise prices of provisions. It notes historic statutes, calls for firmer enforcement, and condemns misuse of corn trade, while warning authorities that riots and distress follow from inaction. The writer signs PHILANTHROPOS.
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England
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Paris
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Rochefort
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Fort William Henry
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Martinico
Beaufremont
London
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Canada
Shirley
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Nova Scotia
Dixon
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Ostend
Duke William
East-India Company
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Craven
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Earl of Holderncile