Transcript:Augusta VA, Petition to restrain sales of rum and wine by ordinary keepers, c1753

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Source:Chalkley's Chronicles See 1:442

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[c1753] To the Worshipful Court of Augusta now sitting: We, the inhabitants of this County, have long felt the smart of the great indulgence the ordinary keepers of this County have met with in allowing them to sell such large quantities of rum and wine at an extravagant rate, by which our money is drained out of the County, for which we have no return but a fresh supply to pick our pockets. We, your petitioners, humbly pray your worship to put a stop to the said liquors, which would encourage us to pursue our laborious designs, which is to raise sufficient quantities of grain which would suffciently supply us with liquors and the money circulate in this County to the advantage of us, the same. We hope that your worships will discover to us that you have a real regard for the good of the County, and lay us under an obligation to pray for your prosperity.

Petitioners

In original Order:

James Hamilton

Alexander Walker

James Robertson

James Stevenson

John Christian

Alexander Blair

Thomas Shiels

Robert Christian

Thomas Stewart

James Allen

Joseph Hanna

Francis Beaty

Mathew Lyle

Archibald Reah

John Walker (?)

Samuel Downey

Daniel McAnair (McEvear)

Robert Spears (Syers)

Daniel Danison

Robert Moffet

Alexander Henderson

Andrew Hamilton

John Finley

Thomas Beard

Archibald Armstrong

William Mackan

James Campbell

John Vance

John Archer

James Reburn

Alexander Gibson

William Lewis

George Scott

Joseph Bell

James Coyl

William Logen

Samuel McCune

John Caruth

Patrick Hays

Robert Sayers

Andrew McCombe

James Montgomery

James Scott

George Crawford

John Allen

Edward Spear

James Brown

John King

John Anderson

William Logan

Patrick Campbell

Jacob Lockhart

Sam Wallace

James Knox

John Carlile

Charles Campbell

Mathew Harper

John Jackson

James Miller

John Hutcheson

William Palmer

Samuel Love