The last dying words of the retail shopkeepers, : who departed this life, on the 13th of June, 1785

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Title: The last dying words of the retail shopkeepers, : who departed this life, on the 13th of June, 1785
Published / Created: [1785]
Publication Place: Salisbury?
Publisher: s.n.
Description: Date of publication from ESTC.
First line: "You see in us a melancholy instance of the depravity of the times ...
In one column with the title centered above; enclosed in border.
A political satire, with reference to the shop tax imposed in 1785.
Mounted on leaf 43. Copy trimmed.
Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Provenance: One of three volumes of ballads purchased from P. Murray Hill by W.S. Lewis; July 1948.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 30 x 18 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Broadsides
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic): Public opinion
Taxation
Merchants
Political activity
Politics and government
Subjects: Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Public opinion
Taxation > Great Britain > Public opinion
Merchants > Great Britain > Political activity
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789

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