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William Pitt the younger, standing on a tea chest, declares that he will reduce the tax on tea in order to stop smuggling. Etching, 1784.

An Answer to a paper set forth by the coffee-men directed to the Honourable, the Commons in Parliament assembled : being reflections upon some propositions that were exhibited to the Parliament for the changing the excise of coffee, tea, and chocolate into a custom upon the commodities.

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William Pitt the younger, standing on a tea chest, declares that he will reduce the tax on tea in order to stop smuggling. Etching, 1784.

An Answer to a paper set forth by the coffee-men directed to the Honourable, the Commons in Parliament assembled : being reflections upon some propositions that were exhibited to the Parliament for the changing the excise of coffee, tea, and chocolate into a custom upon the commodities.