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The first American invention to obtain an English patent
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Series
Board of Stamps: Stage-Coach and Post-horse Duty Letter Books
Catalogue reference: IR 48
What's it about?
IR 48
Entries of the Board of Stamps' out-letters concerning the collection of stage-coach duties and the three-yearly farms of the post-horse duties. Most of the letters are to the distributors and inspectors of stage-coach licences and to the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IR 48
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Stamps: Stage-Coach and Post-horse Duty Letter Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1806-1827
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Description (What the record is about)
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Entries of the Board of Stamps' out-letters concerning the collection of stage-coach duties and the three-yearly farms of the post-horse duties. Most of the letters are to the distributors and inspectors of stage-coach licences and to the post-horse duty farmers.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Board of Stamps, 1694-1834
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Farming
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Duties on post-horses and on certain carriages were imposed in 1779 by 19 George III cap.51 and placed under the management of the Board of Stamps. An Act of the following year (20 George III cap.51) amended the duties. In 1783 23 George III cap.63 again amended these duties and imposed further duties on stage-coaches. All these duties were amended by 25 George III cap.51. Because of widespread evasion of the post-horse duties the Treasury obtained powers in 1787 under 27 George III cap.26 to let these duties to farm.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9386/
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Board of Stamps: Stage-Coach and Post-horse Duty Letter Books
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