American Revolution.- Acts of Parliament.- Act (An) for granting certain Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America [the "Sugar Act"], Anno Regni Georgii III...quarto Cap.XV., 31pp., 1764; Clauses of an Act for more effectually securing and encouraging the Trade of his Majesty's American Dominions [on the import/export of American timber]...for repealing the Inland Duty on Coffee...granting an Inland Duty on all Coffee imported...altering the Bounties and Drawbacks upon Sugars exported..., Georgii III...quinto Cap.XLV, 20pp., 1765; An Act to repeal an Act...for granting and applying certain Stamp Duties...in the British Colonies and Plantations in America... [i.e. the "Stamp Act"], Georgii III...sexto Cap.XI, 4pp., 1766; An Act for repealing certain Duties, in the British Colonies and Plantations...and for further encouraging, regulating, and securing, several Branches of the Trade...[i.e. "melasses", sugar, coffee, pimento, indigo, and cotton wool], Georgii III...sexto Cap.LII, 20pp., 1766; An Act to prohibit all Trade and Intercourse with the Colonies...[the "American Prohibitory Act"], Georgii III...decimo sexto Cap.V, 32pp., stab-holes to inner margin, title soiled, ink inscription cropped at head of A2, final leaf browned, 1776, all tall copies with wide margins, disbound, Edinburgh, Alexander Kincaid (5) ⁂ All rare Edinburgh printings of 5 key acts in the lead-up to the American Revolution, not listed in ESTC. The "Sugar Act" was the beginning of "taxation without representation", replacing the Molasses Act of 1733 its main purpose was to raise revenue. With the exception of the repeal of the despised "Stamp Act" (a temporary relief only) the other acts all gradually riled the colonists culminating in the "American Prohibitory Act" of 1775/6 which was the last straw and resulted in the Declaration of Independence in July 1776. Acts of Parliament were originally issued in London and generally bound up together with others of the parliamentary session. Particular acts, of relevance to certain areas, were reprinted in Dublin, New York and Philadelphia and are very scarce. Alexander Kincaid reprinted several acts in Edinburgh but most relate to Scottish concerns and only a few have survived, in many cases ESTC lists one copy only.
American Revolution.- Acts of Parliament.- Act (An) for granting certain Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America [the "Sugar Act"], Anno Regni Georgii III...quarto Cap.XV., 31pp., 1764; Clauses of an Act for more effectually securing and encouraging the Trade of his Majesty's American Dominions [on the import/export of American timber]...for repealing the Inland Duty on Coffee...granting an Inland Duty on all Coffee imported...altering the Bounties and Drawbacks upon Sugars exported..., Georgii III...quinto Cap.XLV, 20pp., 1765; An Act to repeal an Act...for granting and applying certain Stamp Duties...in the British Colonies and Plantations in America... [i.e. the "Stamp Act"], Georgii III...sexto Cap.XI, 4pp., 1766; An Act for repealing certain Duties, in the British Colonies and Plantations...and for further encouraging, regulating, and securing, several Branches of the Trade...[i.e. "melasses", sugar, coffee, pimento, indigo, and cotton wool], Georgii III...sexto Cap.LII, 20pp., 1766; An Act to prohibit all Trade and Intercourse with the Colonies...[the "American Prohibitory Act"], Georgii III...decimo sexto Cap.V, 32pp., stab-holes to inner margin, title soiled, ink inscription cropped at head of A2, final leaf browned, 1776, all tall copies with wide margins, disbound, Edinburgh, Alexander Kincaid (5) ⁂ All rare Edinburgh printings of 5 key acts in the lead-up to the American Revolution, not listed in ESTC. The "Sugar Act" was the beginning of "taxation without representation", replacing the Molasses Act of 1733 its main purpose was to raise revenue. With the exception of the repeal of the despised "Stamp Act" (a temporary relief only) the other acts all gradually riled the colonists culminating in the "American Prohibitory Act" of 1775/6 which was the last straw and resulted in the Declaration of Independence in July 1776. Acts of Parliament were originally issued in London and generally bound up together with others of the parliamentary session. Particular acts, of relevance to certain areas, were reprinted in Dublin, New York and Philadelphia and are very scarce. Alexander Kincaid reprinted several acts in Edinburgh but most relate to Scottish concerns and only a few have survived, in many cases ESTC lists one copy only.
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