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Title: An Act to Amend so Much of an Act Made in the Last Session of Parliament intituled, "An Act for Repealing Certain Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations Granted by Several Acts of Parliament..." Author: Place: London Publisher: Mark Baskett Date: 1766 Description: [4] pp. (Folio) disbound from a larger collection of acts, here in a custom brown cloth folio with clear inner sleeve, label reproduced from the common title page on front. First Edition. "These Duties were repealed in view of the great inconveniences they caused to British trade generally, but a number of other small Customs duties on American imports were imposed in lieu thereof, which, while producing the sum of only £40,000 per annum, caused a revival of the irritation which had been appeased by the repeal of the Stamp Act." (Quartitch). Lot Amendments Condition: Light foxing, fore edges restored; very good. Item number: 277782