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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Extract from Paris letter opines that British additional duties on French wines may convert vineyards to arable land, valuing wheat over vines. Critiques trade negotiations: suggests reducing duties on British woolens for French fishery rights in North America, noting French necessity for peace allowed English to outwit negotiators.
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Our new association for the encouragement of agriculture are of opinion, that this kingdom is not a little obliged to the British Parliament for the additional duty they have laid upon our wines, as it may be the means of turning many of our vineyards into arable lands: for we are thoroughly convinced, that the product of an acre of wheat is more valuable than that of an acre of vines, excepting those that produce the finest wines with a new duty, the English negotiators should rather have reduced the duties to next to nothing, upon condition that our government should allow the importation of British Woolen manufactures free of all duties. especially as they granted us a fishery in North America, which we had no right nor reason to expect. Had they positively insisted upon the vent of their woolen goods in this kingdom,our ministry could not have denied it ; because we were under a great necessity to make peace ; but our negotiators being certain that some people in England were in great haste to make peace, and did not conceal their strong inclination for it, there is no room to wonder that they outwitted Men who were not overstocked with wisdom.
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Paris
Event Date
June 3
Outcome
additional british duty on french wines potentially converting vineyards to arable land; french acquisition of north american fishery rights despite no claim; unreciprocated free import of british woolens into france amid peace necessity.
Event Details
French agricultural association views British Parliament's new wine duties as beneficial for shifting to wheat production over vines. Suggests English should have negotiated zero duties on their woolens in exchange for the fishery grant. Notes French peace urgency allowed English negotiators to exploit hasty English peace desires.