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Memorial on Treasury Abuses Sparks Satirical Outcry
The 1763 pamphlet voices disillusion with the Board of Treasury and a blamed lack of enquiry into the memorial by the chancellor. It mocks dog and duck taxes, references Pensioner Johnson, and argues for examination while detailing the case of John Ghest, an Inspector of Majesties magazines in Germany.
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Board of Treasury
Pownal
Aupiter
Lemuel Gulliver
Johnson
England
Scotland
John Ghest
Germany
Tha
Bremen
Peirson
Samuel Mma, Eig