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Liquor laws - Great Britain

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    A letter to a friend in the country, in relation to the new law concerning spirituous liquors

    | Date: 1743
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    A charge delivered by William Cowper Esq; at the general quarter-sessions of the peace, held for the city and liberty of Westminster, at Westminster, on the 29th day of June, M.DCC.XXVII. Partly relating to the laws, concerning the retailing of distill'd spirituous liquors. Never published before

    Cowper, William, Chairman of the Quarter Sessions for Westminster. | Date: 1736
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    A collection of all the statutes now in force, relating to the excise upon beer, ale, and other liquors: with an abridgment of the said statutes, and a table of the rates upon the several liquors, &c. shewing by what acts they are imposed. To which is added, a table of allowances for common brewers, &c.

    Great Britain | Date: M.DCC.XXXVII. [1737]
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    A collection of letters published in the daily papers relating to the British distillery

    | Date: 1736

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