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Starch Duty Debate and Park Road Improvements
A London letter discusses measures to curb price rises for beer through brewer collaboration while urging revenue reform. It argues reducing starch duty would boost the economy and cut private starch production, cites past protests, and notes concerns over broad-wheel carriages and road maintenance in Hyde Park. It closes with local notices on marriages, deaths, and public safety incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royce
Jamaica
Lymouth
Carolina
Holland
Hyde Park
London
Kensington
Park
Bucknell
Slap
Phillip Morris
Alus Elizabeth -Mason
Hagley
St. Gabriel’s
FeneHurch Street
William Surman
Muscovy-court
Tower-hill