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Press Cries for Liberty as Tax on the Press Debates
A polemical letter and notices debate taxation of the press and its impact on trade and liberties. Citizens urge Parliament to repeal the tax, defend press freedoms, and condemn restraints as harming literature and the poor. The document includes correspondences, ship news, prize lists, society notices, and obituaries from a period of wartime Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britannicus
Apollo
Baltimore
Owen
Portsmouth
Halifax
Lord Loudon
New York
Admiral Holborne
Cape Breton
Louisbourg
Canada
Moncalm
Steinson
P.S
Beckington
Somerset
Samuel Yew
Westbury Leigh
Miss Yew
Gloucester
Raikes
Gloucester Journal
Portmouth
Hawke
Knowles
Broderick
St. Helen’s
Guernsey
Lonoy
Admiralty
Leeward Islands
Jamaica
Downs
Brunswick
Heffe-Caffel
Duke of Cumberland
Ratisbon
Prussia
Francfort
Germany
Prince Edward
Elbe
Nore