When was it published?

March 6, 1787 in The New York Packet

Foreign News March 6, 1787

The New York Packet

Q: What keywords are associated?

Ireland Newspaper Tax, Advertisement Duty, Charles Fox, Tax Of Resentment, Volunteers Journal

New York, New York County, New York

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What is this article about?

A letter from Dublin reports an upcoming change in Ireland's money bills to reduce the high duty on newspaper advertisements, deemed detrimental to landed and commercial interests and hindering communications. It quotes Charles Fox calling it a 'tax of resentment, not of revenue,' noting the Volunteers Journal's demise.

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By a letter from Dublin we are informed that an alteration will take place in the next money bills, respecting the duty payable on news-paper advertisements, the present exorbitant tax thereon, far exceeding that payable in England, being found extremely detrimental to the landed and commercial interest of the kingdom, inasmuch as it impedes and curtails necessary communications, at this time so much to be desired; and its longer continuance will eminently justify a remark made by the Right Hon. Charles Fox, who speaking of the additional news-paper advertisement duty in Ireland, calls it "a tax of resentment, not of revenue." If it be a tax of resentment, as the Right Hon. gentleman says, the resentment should cease as its object is no more—the brave war not with the dead—the Volunteers Journal is dead.—Requiescant in pace!

What sub-type of article is it?

Economic Political

What keywords are associated?

Ireland Newspaper Tax Advertisement Duty Charles Fox Tax Of Resentment Volunteers Journal

What entities or persons were involved?

Right Hon. Charles Fox

Where did it happen?

Dublin, Ireland

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Dublin, Ireland

Key Persons

Right Hon. Charles Fox

Outcome

alteration in money bills to reduce the duty; current tax seen as detrimental and a 'tax of resentment'; volunteers journal is dead.

Event Details

An alteration will take place in the next money bills respecting the duty on newspaper advertisements, as the present high tax exceeds England's and harms landed and commercial interests by impeding communications. Charles Fox described it as a 'tax of resentment, not of revenue,' and with the Volunteers Journal dead, the resentment's object is gone.