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Field name | Value |
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Reference | PC 1/27/54 |
Library/Archive | The National Archives |
Title | Scarcity of corn, high price of wheat throughout Britain and arrangements to buy wheat from abroad |
Date | Mar - 10 Jul 1795 |
Collection | Records of the Privy Council |
Sub-collection | Domestic, Military, Trade and Legal Papers |
Document Type | Correspondence; Petition; Pamphlet; Report |
Theme | Food Preparation; Food Production and Industry |
Subjects | agriculture grain commodity: wheat food supply food shortage distillation brewing beer alcoholic beverages alcoholic beverage industry demonstration and protest price food relief food industry and trade |
Description | Scarcity of corn, high price of wheat throughout Britain and arrangements to buy wheat from abroad: letters, Orders in Council, petitions of merchants and makers of malt in possession of large quantities of malt, beer and barley, affected by temporary ban on distillation of spirits, extract from Council minute, engagement signed by Lords of the Privy Council, recommendations of the Board of Agriculture and other related papers. |
Countries | United Kingdom; Ireland; United States of America |
Places | London; Falmouth; Brechin; Bristol; Monmouth; Abergavenny; Hay-on-Wye; Forest of Dean; Penzance; Weymouth; King's Lynn; Arbroath; Scarborough; Lewes; Philadelphia Pennsylvania; Liverpool; Nottingham; Poole |
Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of The National Archives. |
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