Excise bill, 1754,
Monster of monsters, The: ... (Continued.) **H 97.23 sage of the Excise Bill in the House of Representatives, and the book
itself was ordered to be burnt by the common hangman in King Street; only three or four copies are known to have escaped. The authorship is assigned by Sabin to Benjamin Church. Thomas’s History of printing ascribes it to Samuel Waterhouse, who, according to Allibone, wrote under the name of Tom Thumb.
Same. (In Magazine,The,of history,with notes and queries. Extra no.143,pp.3-27, Tarrytown, N.Y.1928. ) #4414 56,143
This card was printed at the Boston SD Public Library, June 28, 1921.
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