Debates Over Norfolk Grievances in 1770 Downham
In Downham on February 9 1770 a correspondent questions Lieutenant Colonel DE GREY of the Norfolk Militia about reports of grievances. The text accuses him of public misrepresentation and cites repeated assemblies and actions by the local authorities led by Townshend allies to threaten a petition of grievances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DE Grey
Norfolk Militia
Downham
Norfolk
Charles ‘Townshend
Harley
Will
champ’Proctor
Middlesex
Balfe
Jerat Glynn
Plymouth
Wience
Ander
Chtee
Protests and maritime tensions in London gossip
Postscript. Reports from London describe upcoming protests more extraordinary than before, while debates in the House deferred due to a speaker's remarks about Sir William Meredith. Dispatches note Ottoman defense preparations, Caribbean and Leeward Island tensions, and fear of war in the West Indies alongside storms and naval mobilizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Meredith
Speece
Constantinople
Pera
Galata
Barbadoes
Avannah
Europe
Hague
Prince of Orange
Admiralty-office
Commodore Forest
Leeward Island
Squdron
West Indies
France
Spain
St. James’s
Trelawny
Jamaica
Junius
Ales
Willes
Frederick
Prince
II Gee
England
London
Mons
Board of Admiralty
Charing-cross
Woolwich
Leeward Islands
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Chatham
Glasgow
Scotland
Kilkenny
Ireland
Adonis
Calian
Prometheus
Fragmentary Note Puzzles Readers With Garbled Text
A distorted message titled To our Corrisponbdana confuses readers with misspellings and jumbled phrases. The misrendered lines reference a correspondent and a request for a favor, but the intended meaning remains unclear.
Bank stock values and real prices discussed in 18th century note
The document analyzes bank stock values and annuities with references to Bank Annuities 8 per Cent Congress 8 per Cent Ditto India Annuity 3 per Cent and South Sea ditto. It explains adjusting stock prices to reflect real money value and dividend expectations to derive true market prices over time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
South Sea
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House of Commons
Ingham
Westminster-hall
Tom
Numbershall
King’s Bench
Great Britain
Wales
College of Eaton
Berwick Upon Tweed
Kingdom of
Norwich
Lon
Don
Wankay
Deason
Baicheguerills
Middlesexs
Valline
Doyle
F. Bacon
R. Davis
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