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Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2)

Note 403 — 347.

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Counsel and evidence were heard on Irish trade; but, by a compromise between the opponents and supporters of the projected bills for the relaxation of the commercial code, and in consequence of the opposition of English traders, Lord North's projected concessions were reduced to the smallest proportions and carried without divisions.

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