When was it published?

July 23, 1773 in The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

Foreign News July 23, 1773

The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

Q: What keywords are associated?

Sir James Lowther, Building Town, Waste Land, Poor Families, Emigration America, Rent Free Houses, Employment Manufacture, Coal Allowance, Cheap Mutton

Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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What is this article about?

Sir James Lowther is building a small town on waste land in the North for poor families likely to emigrate to America, providing rent-free houses, leasehold land, constant work for men, manufacturing jobs for children, weekly coal allowances, and subsidized mutton at 2.5d per pound.

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Sir James Lowther, we hear, has left the turf, and is turning his attention to the improvement of his country. He is building a small town on some of his waste Land in the North, and is peopling it with such poor people as might probably emigrate to America. He gives to each family a house, rent free, and an acre of Land on leasehold.-- He engages to find the man constant work, and the children will be employed in some manufacture. To each family he also allows a bushel of coals a week : and he keeps a butcher in the town, whom he obliges to sell mutton at 2d halfpenny a pound.

What sub-type of article is it?

Economic Colonial Affairs

What keywords are associated?

Sir James Lowther Building Town Waste Land Poor Families Emigration America Rent Free Houses Employment Manufacture Coal Allowance Cheap Mutton

What entities or persons were involved?

Sir James Lowther

Where did it happen?

The North

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

The North

Key Persons

Sir James Lowther

Outcome

each family receives a rent-free house, an acre of land on leasehold, constant work for the man, manufacturing employment for children, a weekly bushel of coals, and mutton at 2d halfpenny per pound.

Event Details

Sir James Lowther is building a small town on his waste land in the North and populating it with poor people who might emigrate to America. He provides each family with a rent-free house and an acre of land on leasehold, ensures constant work for the man, employs children in manufacture, allows a bushel of coals weekly, and maintains a butcher selling mutton at 2d halfpenny a pound.