Reflections on Poor Laws and Colonial Trade Proposals
A lengthy treatise argues England should unify poor relief under a national tax and work houses, with a two-ward system and centralized oversight. It critiques parish charities, urges annual public accounts, and favors eliminating beggars through work and reform. Also discusses rice plantations in Carolina, colonial governance, and British naval strength with critiques of French policies and war aims.
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England
Marine Society
Foundling-Hospital
Carolina
East Indies
Europe
Mediterranean
Spain
Portugal
Levant
Enelith
Florida
Letter laments mad dog threat and calls for extirpation
The author argues authorities ignore public safety amid a summer mad dog problem. He insists most dogs are tame guard animals kept indoors, while the wild menace comes from discarded creatures. He urges stripping a whole class of animals to prevent deaths.
Port News Summary From Aug 18 Shipping Arrivals
Port notices record the Arethusa sailing for Sheerness in light winds. Ships The Providence Park Berley Middleton from Tortola arrive at Liverpool. The Two Brothers from Guadalupe reaches Bristol. Admiral Hawke Grigg from Lisbon arrives at Virginia. The Alexander Richards from London arrives at New York.
The French Army Inspects Campaigns and English Valor
London reports packet boats from Harwich at the Brill and from Dover to Flushing with mails aboard the 6th instant. The French army, active in the field this summer, contrasts with prior campaigns. General, indefatigable, rides daily with the count and brother, secrecy in plans, army ignorant of designs. Marshals select ground swiftly. officers note his prudence and self-restraint. General Elliot’s troop march 45 miles in one day, endured forceful punishment, and French officers observe every English soldier as a hero.
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Harwich
Bril
Dover
Flushing
Jennings
Corbach
Cornet
Elliot
Hussars
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Nova Scotia
New England
New York
Pensylvania
Jerseys
Maryland
Virginia
Georgia
America
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London
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