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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In Martinique, Count Damas demanded 2 million livres 'free gift' from council, passed to merchants (25-10 Joes each by class). Shops closed in protest; 300 bayoneted soldiers forced payment. Reported via St. Eustatius letter Oct. 22 to Bassaterre.
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Extract of a letter from St. Eustatius, to a gentleman here, Oct. 22.
"By authentick accounts from Martinique we are informed, that Count Damas demanded a free gift of the council, of two millions livres for the use of Government: That body being composed of planters, laid it entirely on the commercial people, whom they selected in different classes; the first, consisting of four, to pay 25 Joes each; the second, of which there was a large number, 20 Joes each; and the most inconsiderable shopkeepers, at 10 Joes each. Every store was shut up; but 300 men with fixed bayonets brought them to reason, and the free gift was paid at the point of the bayonet."--This is a law mains pas justice!
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Martinique
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Accounts As Of Oct. 22
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free gift of two millions livres paid at the point of the bayonet
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Count Damas demanded a free gift of two millions livres from the council for government use. The council, composed of planters, imposed it on commercial people in classes: four paid 25 Joes each, a large number paid 20 Joes each, and shopkeepers 10 Joes each. Stores shut up in protest, but 300 men with fixed bayonets forced payment.