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Foreign News
January 13, 1776
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
A letter in the Bristol Gazette of September 21 reports severe unemployment and distress among tradesmen's workers in Bristol and environs, caused by the halt in American trade, urging magistrates to petition the Sovereign.
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OCR Quality
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Full Text
A writer in the Bristol gazette of September 21, directed to the magistrates of that city, says, "As you intended addressing our most gracious Sovereign to deign to hearken to the distresses of his subjects, I beg leave to inform you, that in the compass of my small acquaintance, I know two worthy tradesmen who have been obliged to turn off several hundred people in this city and environs, who are now unemployed, and in the greatest distress, entirely owing to a stop being put to the American trade."
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic
Trade Or Commerce
What keywords are associated?
Bristol Unemployment
American Trade Stoppage
Economic Distress
Where did it happen?
Bristol
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Bristol
Event Date
September 21
Outcome
several hundred people unemployed and in greatest distress
Event Details
A writer informs magistrates of distress in Bristol due to stoppage of American trade, citing two tradesmen who turned off several hundred workers now unemployed.