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Letter on British Customs and political money issues
A reader laments lax customs inspections for royal and ministerial baggage and accuses ministers of embezzling public funds. The writer complains of balances held by various executors and officials, mocks political gamblers, jokes about a counterfeit medicine to purge ill-gotten wealth, and ends with reflections on debt and ministerial economy.
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Britain
Baron Parker
Hill
King’s Bench
Charles Townshend
George Cooke
Lord North
Tommy Townshend
Rigby
Green Park
Edmund Thomas
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