History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles: 1713 - 1783 : In Seven Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1853 |
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... Duties on foreign silks Disturbances of the Spitalfields weavers Attack on Bedford House • The Duke of Cumberland applies to Pitt Visit at Hayes Influence of Earl Temple Page 102 104 105 ib . 106 Pitt declines to form a government New ...
... Duties on foreign silks Disturbances of the Spitalfields weavers Attack on Bedford House • The Duke of Cumberland applies to Pitt Visit at Hayes Influence of Earl Temple Page 102 104 105 ib . 106 Pitt declines to form a government New ...
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... *** " History of the Minority , " p . 100. Parl . Hist . vol . xv . p . 1305 .. + Lord Orford's Memoirs of George III . , vol . i . p . 250 . 1763 . CYDER TAX PROPOSED . 15 duties on wines 14 CHAP . XLI . HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... *** " History of the Minority , " p . 100. Parl . Hist . vol . xv . p . 1305 .. + Lord Orford's Memoirs of George III . , vol . i . p . 250 . 1763 . CYDER TAX PROPOSED . 15 duties on wines 14 CHAP . XLI . HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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... duties on wines , a new tax on cyder and perry , amounting to ten shillings on the hogshead , and to be paid by the first buyer . The City of London , which had lately chosen Pitt's friend , Alderman Beckford , against his own wishes ...
... duties on wines , a new tax on cyder and perry , amounting to ten shillings on the hogshead , and to be paid by the first buyer . The City of London , which had lately chosen Pitt's friend , Alderman Beckford , against his own wishes ...
Page 56
... duties , - the interviews with statesmen , and the reading of state papers , - made him more and more con- versant with state affairs , and better able to transact them . He had therefore begun to rely less on any advice , or any ...
... duties , - the interviews with statesmen , and the reading of state papers , - made him more and more con- versant with state affairs , and better able to transact them . He had therefore begun to rely less on any advice , or any ...
Page 85
... duties on several articles of American trade . At the same time with these he proposed a Resolution , drawn in vague and general terms , that " it may be proper to charge certain 66 ' Stamp Duties , " in America * such as were already ...
... duties on several articles of American trade . At the same time with these he proposed a Resolution , drawn in vague and general terms , that " it may be proper to charge certain 66 ' Stamp Duties , " in America * such as were already ...
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