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Foreign News
August 8, 1760
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
On London Bridge, soldiers guarding a wagon of military baggage for British troops in Germany clashed with toll-gatherers over payment. A Quaker resolved the dispute by paying the toll himself, preventing potential violence.
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Yesterday as a waggon was passing over London-bridge, laden with military baggage, it was stopped by the toll-gatherers, who insisted upon being paid the usual toll ; but the soldiers who guarded the waggon. insisted on going toll-free, as the baggage was for his Majesty's troops now abroad in Germany: whereupon great altercation ensued, and would probably have ended in bloodshed, had not a peaceable quaker, at that instant passing by, put an end to the squabble, by paying the toll himself. and desiring both parties to be satisfied.
No one can be at a loss who forwarded his Majesty's service most, be whose principles forbid him to take up arms, or they whose principles are the reverse.
No one can be at a loss who forwarded his Majesty's service most, be whose principles forbid him to take up arms, or they whose principles are the reverse.
What sub-type of article is it?
Military Campaign
What keywords are associated?
London Bridge Dispute
Military Baggage Toll
Quaker Intervention
Troops Germany
Where did it happen?
Germany
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Germany
Event Date
Yesterday
Outcome
dispute resolved peacefully by a quaker paying the toll; no bloodshed.
Event Details
A wagon laden with military baggage for his Majesty's troops in Germany was stopped at London Bridge toll. Soldiers insisted on exemption, leading to altercation with toll-gatherers. A Quaker paid the toll to end the squabble.