[Burns, Robert]. On Mr. Pit's Hair-Powder Tax

Description: With HM 13021-13024. A poem of four lines concerning the hair-powder excise tax begun under the prime-ministership of William Pitt.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [1795]
Call number: HM 13025.

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