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Foreign News
February 24, 1775
The Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia
What is this article about?
High prices reported for seats in an assembly: 4000l. lowest offer by borough-mongers, 5000l. for a North Briton's seat, and a gentleman claiming 3000l. for his, as a great man seeks to buy a majority.
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If one may judge of the expectations of a certain assembly, from the price many of them have given, and others offer, for a seat there, a certain great man, who is to purchase a majority, must give a high price. For 4000l. is the lowest offer made in the city by the borough-mongers; and a certain North Briton, who has a seat to dispose of, will not bate a bawbee of 5000l. in hand, with other profitable terms; and a Gentleman who lately gave 3000l. declares to all his friends, and has repeated it so often as to begin to think it true, that he came in for nothing.
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
What keywords are associated?
Buying Seats
Borough Mongers
North Briton
Political Corruption
Assembly Majority
Foreign News Details
Outcome
seats offered at 4000l. to 5000l., with additional profitable terms; one purchased for 3000l.
Event Details
Expectations of a certain assembly judged by high prices paid and offered for seats: 4000l. lowest by borough-mongers; North Briton demands 5000l. in hand plus terms; gentleman who paid 3000l. claims it was for nothing.