Folder contains:

i: commissioners of the stamp duties notice that printers, publishers and vendors of unstamped almanacks will be prosecuted, 8 Aug 1778.

ii: commissioners of the stamp duties note to the Company requesting that stationers comply with rules concerning binding of almanacks, 13 Aug 1778.

iii: letter to the Company from William Chapman concerning weights of 167 bundles of company paper, 25 Nov 1771.

iv: printed circular from the stamp office concerning the stamping of admission records, 21 Mar 1828.

v: lists of weights of crown paper bundles, examined by W Bayley, 15 Oct and 22 Nov 1771 [2 items].

Arrest warrants for 'hawking' untaxed almanacs. .

Item 2. i is missing

Folder is divided into subfolders:

i: administrative letters and notes regarding the case, 10 Feb 1774-8 May 1780 [16 items].

ii: summonses to attend considerations of the case by Samuel Pechell at his chambers, 21 Mar 1774-20 Jul 1775 [13 items].

iii: letter from Samuel Farley to Robert Knaplock on a misunderstanding regarding a sham almanac, undated.

i: case between Thomas Burke and John Burke, printers of Cambridge University, the Stationers' Company and Bonham Norton and John Bill, His Majesty's printers, undated.

ii: case between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and the Stationers' Company, respecting almanacs, late 18th century.

Parties: (1) James Read, stationer (2) Stationers' Company.

Parties: (1) George Croome (2) Stationers' Company.

Parties: (1) John Sawyer, haberdasher (2) Stationers' Company.

Parties: (1) Edward Midwinter, stationer (2) Stationers' Company.

Parties: (1) Jane Bradford, widow (2) Stationers' Company.

Parties: (1) James Phillpott, stationer (2) Stationers' Company.

Parties: (1) Robert Tookey, stationer (2) Stationers' Company.

Parties: (1) Andrew Hinde, stationer (2) Stationers' Company.

Parties: (1) Andrew Hind, stationer (2) Stationers' Company.