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Political satire on customs, finances, and ministers
A letter derides lax customs checks as a royal excess and attacks political figures for public money debts. It accuses Lord Hardwicke and others of large private balances while mocking Parliament’s economy. The writer imagines a magical emetic to disgorge gold from disgraced officials.
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Britain
Baron Parker
Hill
King’s Bench
H d
Charles Townshend
George Cooke
Lord North
Tomm Townshend
Rigby
Green Park
Edmund Thomas
His Majesty
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