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August 17, 1764
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Report from Antigua Gazette details a Jamaican assembly's motion to petition British Parliament to halt rum distillation in North American colonies to revive West Indian sugar trade amid declining demand.
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From an Antigua Gazette of the 4th July, we have extracted the following interesting Intelligence which plainly evinces the Designs of our West Indian Friends to subvert our Distilleries in New-England, and to promote their own, which unless timely remonstrated against in Parliament, will most assuredly take Place.
A letter from Jamaica mentions, that in a late assembly of the governor and council in Kingston, a motion was made and approved, to prepare a memorial to the British parliament, setting forth, that in the present declining state of the Sugar Islands, nothing could tend more effectually to restore the West India trade from ruin, than putting a stop to the further distillation of Rum in the British colonies of North America, commonly called New England Rum; which together with the large quantities imported from the French islands, had so sunk the demand for that produce as to threaten a total dissolution to the whole trade.
A letter from Jamaica mentions, that in a late assembly of the governor and council in Kingston, a motion was made and approved, to prepare a memorial to the British parliament, setting forth, that in the present declining state of the Sugar Islands, nothing could tend more effectually to restore the West India trade from ruin, than putting a stop to the further distillation of Rum in the British colonies of North America, commonly called New England Rum; which together with the large quantities imported from the French islands, had so sunk the demand for that produce as to threaten a total dissolution to the whole trade.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Economic
What keywords are associated?
West Indies Trade
Rum Distillation
New England Rum
British Parliament
Sugar Islands
Jamaica Assembly
Where did it happen?
Kingston, Jamaica
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Kingston, Jamaica
Event Date
4th July
Event Details
In a late assembly of the governor and council in Kingston, a motion was made and approved to prepare a memorial to the British parliament to stop further distillation of rum in British North American colonies, citing the declining state of the Sugar Islands and sinking demand due to New England and French rum imports.