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Long letter on East India Company and capital punishment debated
A dense, era-laden item reviews letters and editorials critiquing the East India Company's Crown dealings, tea tax revenues, and proposed mercy limits. It quotes Public Advertiser, Public Ledger, and Morning Chronicle opinions, including Mercy’s stance on executions and law reform, plus further letters on mood in Parliament and colonial ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ftegk
Pacificus
House of Commons
Bolnly
East-India Company
Hhasty Strates
Sakak
Charles Pinker
Reynolds
Stephens
Pinker
Stephen
The
Morning Chronicle
Dentatus
Captain Jones
Jones
Dempsey
England
Madam Connelly
Struensee
Noréau
Germany
Forte
Royal Exchange
Cornhill
East County
Turkey
North America
West-Indies
East-Indies
Hambro
M. C
Council
America
Lords of the Treasury
Board of Trade
Fzirsh Council
Viscount Falmouth
Lord Hillsborough
Lord North
Rigby
Hector Monro
East Indies