When was it published?

June 17, 1785 in Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Foreign News June 17, 1785

Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

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Scotland Prosperity, Colonial Adventurers, East Indies Fortunes, West Indies Fortunes, Land Investment, Richard Oswald Will

Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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What is this article about?

Scotland is experiencing unprecedented wealth and prosperity, driven by adventurers from the East and West Indies who return with immense fortunes and invest in land. Richard Oswald, Esq., bequeathed at least half a million in his will for purchasing and entailing landed property, making his family estate one of Britain's most opulent.

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Scotland was at no period of its history so wealthy and flourishing as it now is, An incredible number of adventurers, both in the East and West-Indies, from that part of the island, after amassing immense fortunes, have settled in their own country, and laid out many large sums on the purchase and improvement of land.

The late Richard Oswald, Esq for one, has appropriated in his will, half a million at least, to be laid out in landed property by entail, which renders his family estate one of the most opulent in Great-Britain.

What sub-type of article is it?

Economic Colonial Affairs

What keywords are associated?

Scotland Prosperity Colonial Adventurers East Indies Fortunes West Indies Fortunes Land Investment Richard Oswald Will

What entities or persons were involved?

Richard Oswald, Esq

Where did it happen?

Scotland

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Scotland

Key Persons

Richard Oswald, Esq

Outcome

adventurers amass immense fortunes in east and west indies and invest in scottish land; oswald's will allocates at least half a million for entailed landed property, enhancing family estate opulence.

Event Details

Scotland is at its most wealthy and flourishing historically, with numerous adventurers from East and West Indies returning after amassing fortunes, settling and investing large sums in land purchase and improvement. Richard Oswald, Esq., in his will, appropriated at least half a million for such landed property by entail, making his family estate one of the most opulent in Great Britain.