The case of the coal-meters.
1689
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The case of the coal-meters.
Created/published
[London] : [publisher not identified], [1689]
Description
1 item ; 32 x 21 cm
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FAST ACC 271397 (folio)
Folger-specific note
From dealer's description: "ESTC R226865, Lincoln's Inn, Huntington, Yale only. The Coal-Meter was an inspector appointed by the City of London to oversee the transfer of coal from the hold of ship into a lighter. This 'Case' relates to the Relief Bill of 1689, intended as a mode for liquidating debt by the House of Commons. To offset the payment of civic debts to orphans they proposed an additional duty on all coals brought into the City of London, which was to be reduced for those coals used in the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral. The London coal-meters saw this as an interference with their receipts from office which, as they declared, they held for life, and had purchased of several Lord Mayors for valuable consideration. Such opposition, from many sources, led to the Bill not passing a second reading, and it was dropped, though re-introduced the following year." Ordered from Jarndyce, D 9279, 2019-02-01, Cat. Books & Pamphlets.1505-1833, item #13.
Folger accession
271397