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Vestries [ Religious Belief ]

… exported the system to their American colonies.   Practices > Religious Belief Keywords Religion Churches Communities Finances Local Government Corruption England Officials America Historical evolution From the late Middle Ages, local … subject under the sun’. (Tate 162) On the other hand, those who paid the locally set levies naturally monitored communal finances very closely, making each parish a kind of ‘ratepayers’ republic’ where issues like participation, integrity and … English and French authorities exported the system to their American colonies.   … Religion … Churches … Communities … Finances … Local Government … Corruption … England … Officials … America … Vestries …

Jacques Necker (and public opinion) [ Politics / Publicity ]

… Jacques Necker, a protestant banker from the city-state of Geneva, was best known for his role as director general of finances to the French Crown under Louis XVI, serving first from 1777 to 1781 and then again from 1788 to 1790. 1 But … en France de la révocation de l’édit de Nantes à la révolution, 2 vols. (Paris: SEVPEN, 1961); John Bosher, French Finances 1770-1795: From Business to Bureaucracy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970); Robert Harris, Necker: … the compte rendu au roi , an extraordinary document that for the first time in French history laid bare the King’s finances to the reading public. Selling tens of thousands of copies within weeks and being translated into several …

Samuel Pepys [ Art and Literature / Politics ]

… in his navy role, Pepys was increasingly keen to talk to MPs, tracking the House of Commons’ attitude towards navy finances and preparing to fend off criticism of the Navy Board’s actions. Simultaneously Pepys also worked to establish …

Royal Society [ Institutions / Clubs & Societies ]

… through the collection of dues. Indeed, when he died, there was a dip in the number of fellows and consequently finances. A few years after his death, John Flamsteed reported that ‘our Meetings at the Royall Society want Mr …