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America in a bad condition... The duty on imported slaves...
America in a bad condition... The duty on imported slaves...
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November 04, 1783
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Nov. 4, 1783 Page 2 has a letter from Charleston: "You will please to observe, that this place is no longer called Charlestown, but Charleston, it being incorporated under that name by an act of Assembly..." then a list of various duties imposed by the S.C. legislature including: "Negroes imported directly from Africa, four feet and upwards, 3 pounds sterling each; under four feet, 30 shillings."
Page 5 has several items under "Plantation News", and page 6 has a letter from Princeton which concerns the fear that terms of the Treaty are being ignored. Also: "It is said that General Washington has received an express from Baron Steuben...that Gen. Haldimand has refused to deliver up the posts in Canada ceded by the treaty to America...".
The bkpg. has a letter from concerning the evacuation of New York, than a letter from New York which includes: "...As I view the affairs of the United States they are but in an unsettled condition; an enfeebled government, a riotous populace, a variety of jarring interests, and no public credit...The evacuation of this place will probably happen before the middle of November."
Eight pages, 8 1/4 by 11 1/4 inches, archival repair to an unrelated leaf, nice condition.
Category: Revolutionary War
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