Concerns the scarcity of corn, barley and meal which caused a riot at Tweedmouth near Berwick in which one man was wounded; a description of the riot; a request for soldiers to guard the delivery of supplies from attacks by rioters. Written from Berwick. Signed by the Justices of the town and county Samuel Burn (major), Henry Collingwood, F Plow, William Temple, William Balderston and J. Romer.
Letter from Samuel Burn and the Justices of Berwick to William Pitt
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- Dates of Creation28 December 1756
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