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An act for repealing the present duties upon paper, pasteboards, millboards, and scale boards, made in Great Britain, and for granting other duties in lieu thereof.

"Britain increases taxes on paper, pasteboard, and and scaleboard in response to the escalating costs of [the] American War of Independence. This parliamentary document is the authority for English eighteenth-century paper sizes and nomenclature, cited by John Bidwell and other paper historians...

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Corporate Authors: Great Britain. Parliament, Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III)
Other Authors: Eyre, Charles (Printer), Strahan, William, 1715-1785 (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [London] : [publisher not identified], [1781]
Subjects:
Paper > Taxation > Great Britain > Early works to 1800.
Paperboard > Taxation > Great Britain > Early works to 1800.
Taxation > Great Britain > Early works to 1800.
Internal revenue > Great Britain > Early works to 1800.
Impôt > Grande-Bretagne.
Recettes fiscales > Grande-Bretagne.
Internal revenue.
Paper > Taxation.
Taxation.
Great Britain.
Statutes and codes.
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Call Number: KD5597.P36 A328 1781
Notes: Sympathetic marbled wrappers antique; calligraphic title-label on front wrapper: "Paper Duties Act 1781."
 
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