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Foreign News
May 7, 1767
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
Letter from Falmouth reports declining trade in Portuguese wines and rumors of sending Customs Commissioners to North American colonies, amid unstable British Ministry that may prevent implementation.
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Extract of a letter from Falmouth, dated Feb. 18, 1767
"We have now nothing doing in the way of entering and clearing out of goods from Portugal, &c. for your parts, as I presume you are furnished with them (say wines) by a shorter method. I am informed, by pretty good intelligence, that it was very lately upon the carpet above to send out Commissioners of the Customs to North America, charged with the same powers and authority over all the North American colonies as the Commissioners at home are, which was in a manner agreed on; but whether the arrangement may take place is quite uncertain, as the Ministry is so unsettled and fluctuating that what one set of Ministers adopt as systems proper to be pursued, the next overturn and destroy entirely, and fix on another, either such as they deem more beneficial to the whole, or else such as are more agreeable to their own humour."
"We have now nothing doing in the way of entering and clearing out of goods from Portugal, &c. for your parts, as I presume you are furnished with them (say wines) by a shorter method. I am informed, by pretty good intelligence, that it was very lately upon the carpet above to send out Commissioners of the Customs to North America, charged with the same powers and authority over all the North American colonies as the Commissioners at home are, which was in a manner agreed on; but whether the arrangement may take place is quite uncertain, as the Ministry is so unsettled and fluctuating that what one set of Ministers adopt as systems proper to be pursued, the next overturn and destroy entirely, and fix on another, either such as they deem more beneficial to the whole, or else such as are more agreeable to their own humour."
What sub-type of article is it?
Colonial Affairs
Political
Trade Or Commerce
What keywords are associated?
Customs Commissioners
North America Colonies
British Ministry
Portugal Trade
Wines Import
Where did it happen?
North America
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
North America
Event Date
Feb. 18, 1767
Outcome
arrangement agreed in principle but uncertain due to unsettled ministry
Event Details
Letter notes no recent trade activity in Portuguese goods like wines, presumed supplied otherwise. Informed of recent proposal to send Customs Commissioners to North American colonies with full authority, nearly agreed, but doubtful due to fluctuating Ministry overturning policies.