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Grain trade - Early works to 1800

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    An appeal to a humane public for the poorer millers and bakers, respecting the high price of bread and the injury sustained by them erom [sic] the establishment of the London Flour, Meal & Bread Company. ... By an attentive observer.

    | Attentive observer | Date: 1800
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    Draught of an act discharging the importation of victual from Ireland

    | Scottish Parliament | Date: 1703
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    The following is a brief statement of abuses as they now exist on the Corn Exchange and in the Hay and Straw Markets, containing also a few hints for their prevention in future. ..

    | Committee of Consumers of Corn, Hay and Straw. | Date: 1800
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    An investigation of the practice of the sheriffs, commissioners of the customs, and the merchants, under the present corn-laws. By John Girvin

    | Girvin, John 1734-1804. | Date: 1787
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    A letter from a Burgess of Edinburgh , to the Right Honourable the Lord Provost, concerning the present high prices of bread and corn. Wherein the modern traffic in corn is considered, and the wise regulations by the laws of France in times of dearth are recited.

    | Crichton, George (Burgess of Edinburgh) | Date: 1757

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