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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Extract from a London letter dated Dec. 4 describes enthusiastic British public subscriptions to Prime Minister Pitt's voluntary loan for funding another war campaign against France, exceeding the required amount and hoped to influence the French Directory toward peace.
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PHILADELPHIA, FEBRUARY 14
Extract of a letter from London, Dec. 4.
"Since my respects to you of yesterday's date, nothing new has occurred, nor should I again have written you, if it was not to say, that the few last days as a paper of the first instant, accompanying this, justly express it, have been the proudest ones ever Old England saw, insomuch that true born Britons, have with eagerness strove who should be first to subscribe his portion of Mr. Pitt's voluntary loan to carry on the war, if necessary, for another campaign with vigour. My Bankers began with one hundred thousand pounds—twice the money Mr. Pitt requires would have been subscribed if government had kept the list open. With the most fervent hope that this measure may have its due weight with the French directory, and be the means of restoring that blessing peace, I am &c."
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London
Event Date
Dec. 4
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subscriptions to the voluntary loan began with 100,000 pounds from the writer's bankers; twice the required amount could have been raised if the list remained open.
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The letter reports no new occurrences but highlights the recent days as the proudest in England's history due to Britons' eager subscriptions to Mr. Pitt's voluntary loan for continuing the war against France if necessary. The writer hopes this will influence the French Directory to restore peace.