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Spain taxes and court changes in Madrid and Carolina campaigns
The London Evening Post reports Spain plans a land tax and poll tax amid fears the system will fail in practice as lands are poorly cultivated. It notes court retirements and potential appointments, plus plantation news from Charleston describing 60 miles of Cherokee fighting, casualties, and troop movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Duke of Alba
Marqus de Viladamas
M. Wallis
Navarre
Marquis de la Encenada
Staelman
Squilacci
Plantation
Charles Town
South Carolina
Fort Prince George
Benjamin Gordon
Folington
Potts
Manly Williams
Royal Light Infantry
Morrison
Montgomery
Conpareces
New York
Joseph Nutt, Esq
Sam
Keowee
Fort Loudoun
Virginia
Amherst
Ninety-six
Dobbs
Assembly of
North Carolina
Hugh Waddel
Kingston
Jamaica
George Richards
St. Thomas
Richards
Davy
John M‘tean
Pompey
Barrett’s Plantations
Nanny-Town
Swigle
Trowers
Morant Bay
Harry
Brown
Lourdas
Spent Town
Idas
Spanish Town
John Lee
Edward ‘Webley
Riverhead
Pedro’s Valley