[list-cumbria] Cumberland Pacquet - 15

[Steve Hayes]

On 7 Jun 2024 at 22:29, Nev Ramsden via list-cumbria wrote:

> On Thursday last, according to agreement, there was a respectable meeting of
> the merchants, etc trading to America, at the Coffee room, to consider the
> propriety of petitioning Parliament, at this critical juncture, on affairs
> relative to the Continent; when it was unanimously resolved, that a petition
> was necessary; which was immediately drawn, when it was unanimously resolved ,
> that a petition was necessary ; which was immediately drawn, and forwarded by
> FridayTMs post to Sir James Lowther and Henry Fletcher (unreadable word) by a
> number of respectable merchants and traders.

It's a pity they didn't give the gist of the petition! 

With the American War of Independence looming, the views of the Cumbrian 
businessmen would be interesting. 

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