Some considerations humbly offer'd to the Honourable the House of Commons, by the tallow-chandlers in and about the cities of London and Westminster.
Company of Tallow-Chandlers (London, England)
[London : s.n.,
1695 - 1711]
Concerns an 'Act for laying certain duties upon candles &c. towards raising a supply to Her Majesty for the year 1710'.
Dated 1695? by Wing; 1711 by Hanson.
The Company is asking for an equivalent duty on oil if one is laid on candles.
ESTC
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996),
Hanson,
Goldsmiths',
Candles
Candles
Tallow
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