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Tea trade profits spark calls for reform in 18th century talk
A lengthy letter in The London Gazette discusses the East India Company tea sales, consumer taxation, and price disparities with Dutch Danish and Swedish markets. It argues for lower tea prices, warns against smuggling, and urges policies to protect British consumers and proprietors. It also includes various political letters defending liberty and criticizing government overreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Literary Chronicle
Leadens _ hall-street
East India Company
Great- Britain
Asia
Great Britain
East- Indies
G— C
East-India Company
France
Levant
London
An Enguffman
Spain
Denmark
Sweden
Europe
Lieutenant Allen
Hugh Kelly
Allen
London Evening Post
Phily Patrig
Mr. Moore
Chevalier
Whitechapel
Haymarket
Ingland
England
Atticus
Sacred Cause of Liberty
St. James’s Chronicle