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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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British merchants receive over 100 letters from New York countermanding goods orders, face 150,000 l. in debts, and petition government for support amid trade distress with North America.
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It is computed the merchants here have not less than 150,000 l. due to them from the inhabitants of New York, and the latter have signified that it cannot be expected they can make any remittances in their present unsettled situation.
Thursday a number of merchants waited on the Secretaries of State, in order to lay before them a vast number of letters received by them, forbidding the sending any goods to America.
Yesterday a deputation from the merchants of this city, trading to North America, waited on the Ministry, to request their countenance and support, in the intended application to Parliament, for remedy of the distresses under which that branch of British commerce now labours.
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Primary Location
New York
Event Date
Dec. 14
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150,000 l. due from new york inhabitants; requests for government support and parliamentary remedy for trade distresses
Event Details
Merchants received over 100 letters from New York countermanding orders for goods; computed 150,000 l. owed by New York inhabitants unable to remit due to unsettled situation; merchants presented letters forbidding goods shipments to America to Secretaries of State; deputation from North America traders requested Ministry support for parliamentary application to remedy commerce distresses.