Stories
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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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Sharing breastmilk with parents
Alev Scott donated her frozen breastmilk to a hospital milk bank, but she was curious about other routes. Here she explores commercial operations and informal private arrangements.
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Natural eating in Jamaica and the Caribbean
Riaz Phillips is passionate about the Jamaican food he grew up with and plant-based Caribbean food he came to later, like roti, baiganee and vegan stews and curries. Here he explores the origins and surging popularity of these natural ‘health foods’.
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Instructions given by the Commissioners of his Majesty's customs to [blank] waiter and searcher, or preventive officer, at [blank]
Great Britain. Customs Establishment.Date: 1735?]- Books
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A book of rates for the kingdom of Ireland. Part I. Containg the new consolidated duties and law and regulations concerning the same. The original schedules of import duties, prepared and computed, according to order, by Anthony Ferguson, assistant examinator of customs.
Ireland. Custom Department.Date: M.DCC.XCI. [1791]- Books
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Instructions for tide-waiters, and coast officers, in the Kingdom of Ireland. Custom-House Dublin, the [blank] day of [blank]
Ireland. Customs Establishment.Date: 1731?]- Books
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Ductor mercatorius: or, the young merchant's instructor with respect to the customs: being a minute and particular detail of the regular method of proceeding at out-port custom-houses, in the several branches of marine commerce. ... By the late deputy-comptroller of the customs at Sunderland.
Late Deputy-Comptroller of the Customs at Sunderland.Date: 1750- Books
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Oppression exposed, or Liberty and property maintained: Being an enquiry into the several mismanagements of persons concerned in the revenues of customs and excise in Scotland. By Reay Sabourn solicitor to the Court of Exchequer there.
Sabourn, Reay.Date: MDCCXXIX. [1729]