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Extensive collection of 21 British Acts of Parliament spanning the American Revolution from start to finish, all pertaining to policy toward the dissenting American colonies. Acts were published by Charles Eyre and William Strahan: Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty: London 1766-1783, and are quite rare, as they were only printed for members of Parliament, officers of state, and the judiciary. In chronological order, collection includes: (1) Stamp Tax Act of 1766 running 4pp.; (2) 1767 Act governing duties in the plantations of America running 14pp.; (3) 1770 Act enabling New York to pass an act of assembly, 2pp.; (4) 1771 Act creating a bounty upon the importation of White Oak casks running 7pp.; (5) 1773 Act to explain and amend a previous act concerning paper bills of credit, 4pp.; (6) 1773 Act for importing salted beef, pork, bacon and butter from America, 2pp. The acts take a dramatic turn once bullets were fired at Lexington and Concord in 1775: (7) 1775 Act to restrain trade and commerce between the Colonies and Great Britain, 9pp.; (8) 1776 Act granting His Majesty a certain sum of money running 24pp.; (9) 1776 Act limiting the liberty to carry rice throughout America, 7pp.; (10) 1777 Act to continue allowing exportation of wheat, 2pp.; (11) 1777 Act to authorize the carrying of captives, 4pp.; (12) 1778 Act to repeal an earlier act for regulating the government of Massachusetts, 2pp.; (13) 1778 Act to amend earlier act relating to American sugar plantations, 4pp.; (14) 1778 Act removing all doubts concerning taxation in the Colonies, 2pp.; (15) 1779 Act concerning various dealings with the United States of America, 5pp.; (16) 1780 Act allowing exportation of goods, wares and merchandise to North America, 6pp.; (17) 1781 Act to explain a previous act, 2pp.; (18) 1782 Act to prevent enemies from being supplied with ships from Great Britain, 5pp.; (19) 1783 Act to continue laws relating to regulating fees, 4pp.; (20) 1782 Act concerning prize and bounty money not claimed, 4pp.; and finally, (21) 1783 Act to enable His Majesty to conclude a peace or truce with the America Colonies. Acts are printed on sheets measuring 7.5'' x 11.5''. Mild foxing, toning and staining, and some contemporary stapling, else near fine.
Collection of 21 British Acts of Parliament From the Thick of the American Revolution -- Designed to Quash The Colonial Uprising Including Nullification of Colonial Currency -- 1766-1783
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