Address: 54 Dorset Street, Fleet Street, London. To Colonel [Charles Richard] Fox. Covering letter (written on behalf of the Property Tax Association) to a printed copy of Joshua Scholefield's speech, (made in the House of Commons on 23 March 1841) proposing that a property tax be substituted for the existing customs and excise taxes. Jones forecasts that that the proposed property tax 'is likely to become a populat topic at the [forthcoming] elections' and expresses the hope that Fox would be elected MP for Tower Hamlets.
Autograph, with signature.
H Jones letter
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- ReferenceGB 96 AL287
- Dates of Creation24th Jun 1841
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description7" x 4.5" 2 leaves (1 blank)
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This document is inserted in J Scholefield 'Speech ... on moving a resolution in the House of Commons, on the 23rd. March, 1841, for the substitution of a property tax for the taxes of excise and customs ...' (presentation copy to Colonel Fox) - Library classmark [G.L.] 1841. To request the document, please place an order for the volume, specifying that you wish to see the autograph letter AL287.
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