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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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London newspapers report increasing scarcity of provisions with little hope of relief unless the king opens ports for Irish corn and meal. The king orders forests, chases, and heaths near London to be divided into small parcels and converted to pasture land to alleviate metropolitan distress and restore plenty in the kingdom.
Merged-components note: Continuation of the same foreign news item on scarcity of provisions in London.
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His Goodness orders the Forests, Chaces, and Heaths, in the Neighbourhood of London, where the Calamity is severely felt, to be let cut in small Parcels, and converted into Pasture Land, which would soon relieve the Distresses of the Metropolis, and restore Plenty throughout the Kingdom.
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London
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orders to convert forests, chases, and heaths into pasture land to relieve distress and restore plenty.
Event Details
Great complaints in London papers of increasing scarcity of provisions, with no hopes of redress unless the king opens ports for corn and meal from Ireland. The king orders forests, chases, and heaths near London to be let out in small parcels and converted into pasture land to relieve the metropolis and restore plenty throughout the kingdom.