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Catalogue description Board of Stamps: Stage-Coach and Post-horse Duty Letter Books
| Reference: | IR 48 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Board of Stamps: Stage-Coach and Post-horse Duty Letter Books |
| Description: |
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. |
| Date: | 1806-1827 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Board of Stamps, 1694-1834 |
| Physical description: | 2 volume(s) |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
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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