When was it published?

September 1, 1768 in The Virginia Gazette

Foreign News September 1, 1768

The Virginia Gazette

Q: What keywords are associated?

Forth Clyde Canal, Navigation Company, English Contractors, Canal Construction, Wage Concerns

Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia

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What is this article about?

Edinburgh report: Forth and Clyde Navigation proprietors plan to start great canal work with few hands to avoid inconveniencing other employers or raising wage expectations. Skilled English contractors have arrived offering reasonable terms.

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EDINBURGH, June 5. We hear from undoubted authority that the company of proprietors of the Forth and Clyde navigation, in executing the work of the great canal, propose to begin with employing only a few hands at first, so as it may be attended with no inconvenience to others who have occasion to employ workmen, or any ways tend to make labourers imagine wages are to be increased; and that several persons from England, skilled in the execution of such undertakings, have come down here, and offer to contract upon reasonable terms.

What sub-type of article is it?

Trade Or Commerce Economic

What keywords are associated?

Forth Clyde Canal Navigation Company English Contractors Canal Construction Wage Concerns

Where did it happen?

Edinburgh

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Edinburgh

Event Date

June 5

Outcome

plans to employ few hands initially to avoid wage increases; english contractors offering reasonable terms.

Event Details

The company of proprietors of the Forth and Clyde navigation proposes to begin the great canal work with only a few hands to prevent inconvenience to other employers and to avoid labourers imagining wage increases. Several skilled persons from England have arrived and offer to contract on reasonable terms.