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adopted, the giving spruce beer to the men
throughout the navy, every third day. Why
said I, not oftener? because it is so much
dearer than common beer.

Common beer has cost government ) pr ton
in an ordinary year ) £1- 10s -0d

This or the last year on account) £ - s - d
of the extraordinary cheapness ) 1 - 2s
of malt — —— — — — — — — ) 1 - 3s

Spruce beer — — — — — — — 1 - 10 - 0

people Several of the sailors who had had rheumatic
pains, lost them upon drinking of this
beer.

Identifier: | JB/539/145/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 539.
Date_1	1781-02-13	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	539	Main Headings
Folio number	145	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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