Bundle of letters and papers
MS. D.D. Dashwood (Bucks.) B.1/1
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Bundle of letters and papers
Shelfmark
MS. D.D. Dashwood (Bucks.) B.1/1
Summary
Mainly schemes for taxation on items such as breweries, tea, coffee, sugar, grain, and suggestions for raising money by lottery, 1762-3. Also contains requests for posts and patronage 1762-13; a list of excises in Holland; an account of the gross and nett revenue by duties on salt, 1750-62; petition and commission for extending the public wharfs of the Port of London, 1763.
Date
1750-63
Language
English
Physical extent
46 items
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Collection contents
Archive of the Dashwood Family of West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Papers of Sir Francis Dashwood, 2nd Bart., (from 1763 Lord Le Despencer)
Official and political papers
Papers connected with Lord le Despencer as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Bundle of letters and papers
