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Paris Edicts Threaten Tax Shakeup and New Representations
From Paris January 25 reports the first president of the parliament and two senior members traveled to Versailles to press the king for changes to edicts issued during the late finances administration. The crowd fears a shift to a fifth tax, replacing the tenth and two twentieth-pennies, with a triple capitation on subjects’ effects. In other dispatches from Portsmouth February 4, ships and convoys from Jamaica and the Downs are detailed, including East India ships and privateers, while reports from Prussia and Spain note troop movements, harvest prospects, and a possible upcoming expedition. amendments to malt duty and starch duties are discussed, as are upcoming official appointments and royal permissions.
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