Apr 08, 2014 - Sale 2344

Sale 2344 - Lot 19

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
REPEALING THE TAX ON TEA, A LITTLE TOO LATE (AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) An Act for Removing all Doubts and Apprehensions Concerning Taxation by the Parliament of Great Britain. . . . and for Repealing . . . a Duty on Tea Imported from Great Britain into Any Colony or Plantation in America. [4] pages. Folio, disbound; mount remnants on verso of title page. 18 George III, c. 12. London, 1778

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An act repealing the Revenue Act of 1767 (7 George III, c. 46), which imposed duties on tea. It represents a late effort by the British government to regain the allegiance of American revolutionaries.