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18005672Boston 1800. 18 1pp. No half title. Disbound light tanning and wear. <br/><br/> With a list of members. George Minot was President of the Society which was incorporated in 1794. <br/>IRST EDITION. Evans 37929. unknown books
175660002Stuttgart: Cotta 1756. 19 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Later drab wrappers. Some inoffensive dampstaining still about Fine. 19 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Cotta unknown books
1715WRCAM39781London 1715. Broadside 11 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. Dbd. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Some foxing. Very good. A rare leaflet lobbying Parliament on behalf of British merchants who had recently lost £22500 worth of sugar ginger oil and sarsaparilla in a great fire. The merchants had just recently imported the goods paying approximately £3000 in customs. In the present document the merchants petition the House of Commons to allow them to import goods duty-free up to the value of the customs of the goods destroyed. This is among the earliest examples of commercial lobbying literature which first began proliferating in the lobby of the House of Commons at the time of the accession of King George I and the British general election of 1715. ESTC lists three copies at the University of London Oxford and Harvard. GOLDSMITHS 5228.1. HANSON 2169. unknown books
