August 1, 1642
August 1, 1642
The story as it unfolds:

Sydney, in Ivinghoe, manages a multitude of endeavors; Edmund travels to Huntingdon, his birthplace, and where his mother resides. Elsewhere, Parliament requires all Customs be paid to it, not the king. (Members! consider abandoning the Custom all together, for the betterment of Trade!)

 

From the section: Letters

Dear Paige,  thank you for your expeditious Management of the matters of the arms, which I have word from Mr Lear are enroute Hampden House.

Please deliver enclosed by your hand only to Firth Elder on Lombard-Street. Please observe his reading of it and obtain verbal confirmation that he understands.

Please advance Firth Younger travel-money to Portsmouth; those rumors on some Cavalier to seize the town for Carolus. Remind Firth that he is not to engage in other wasteful behavior, observe tumblers and acrobats, take fencing or dancing lessons, and all suchlike.

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From the section: Letters

Dear Firth, Please pay to the shareholders of the following joint-stock companies dividends as follows:

The Loomworks of Holyfen Village, £1/share

The Society of Adventurers of the Collier Ezekiel, £1/share

The Company of the Unknown Endeavour, £2/share

The Friends of the Tobacconists, 25p/share

The Association of the Great Triangle, 75p/share

The Anglia Rediviva Company, 50p/share

 

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