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RefNoKCB/2/CL/21/2/106
AltRefNoCB/2/CL/21/2/106
TitleA circular from John Hensman, Town Clerk, Northampton, containing their petition for the repeal of the Window Tax
DescriptionIncludes: "That the existence of the Tax upon Windows is unjust in its nature, and obnoxious and highly injurious in its effects. That it operates most prejudicially upon a highly important branch of British Trade - the Manufacture of Glass. That it obstructs the progress of improvement in our domestic architecture, and excludes improperly, from the dwellings of the people, the most precious gifts of Providence - light and air..."
Date12 Dec 1850
CreatorNameMunicipal Corporation of Cambridge
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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