The British Colonies (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The British ColoniesAs a ta): upon knowledge it is Oppressive and unjust. Members and Supporters of Mechanics' Institutions, Literary and Mutual Improvement Societies, &c., Should petition for its repeal.Merchants, manufacturers, tradesmen, and others, in whose hands Paper forms an article of large consumption, are deeply interested in the abolition of this impost, inasmuch as it taxes them to the amount Of from thirty to fifty per cent. They are, therefore, most earnestly called upon to petition for its repeal.The friends of education should petition for the repeal of this tax, as by its removal knowledge would be more widely disseminated, and the blessings of education become more extensively felt and known.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.