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Single leaf handbill, edges uncut. Single old central horizontal fold, light damp-staining to one corner. A rare handbill, proposing that all weavers in England be required to pay a shilling per week for each loom in their possession as a means to raise funds without placing further charges on wrought goods - likely a response to two parliamentary acts, passed in 1726 and 1727, altering regulations to the woollen industry, including requiring magistrates to approve wages. ESTC records copies at two locations in the British Isles (Guildhall and Manchester), and one further location in North America (Yale). ESTC T226924, Wing M3175. Size: Dimensions 200 x 260 mm.…