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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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On December 9, 177? (reported Dec. 10), a grand Council convened at the Cockpit in Whitehall on important affairs, followed by a Cabinet Council at St. James's attended by the King, Secretaries of State, Duke of Portland, Marquis of Rockingham, and Lords Winchelsea and Aylesbury. Reports anticipate alarming authentic accounts of Britain's commerce and manufactures, urging a reversal of internal policy to avert ruin to foreign exports.
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We hear there will soon be given some such authentic and indisputable accounts of the present state of our commerce and manufactures as will make the ignorant all stare, and prove greatly alarming to men of real understanding.
It is now said, by men of true knowledge and intelligence, that it must shortly be found necessary totally to reverse the scheme of internal policy which has been too long prevalent in this kingdom, in order to prevent the entire ruin of our foreign trade of exports.
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London
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Dec. 10 (Events Yesterday)
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anticipated alarming accounts of commerce; need to reverse internal policy to prevent ruin of foreign trade exports
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Grand Council at Cockpit, Whitehall, on important affairs yesterday morning; Cabinet Council at St. James's at noon with specified attendees. Soon to release authentic accounts of commerce and manufactures that will alarm. Necessity to reverse long-prevalent internal policy to save foreign trade.