The Stamp Tax That's Still With Us

BIT OF HISTORY Random Stuff from Annette's Collection: An 18th Century document is boring even to this historian, until she holds it in her hands.

Bill and Hannah Make A Deal, 1705

It’s at least as boring as it looks, although legal historians (as just one example) might find it useful when it’s analyzed with hundreds and thousands of its cousins. However, my 1705 land deed, which I bought in the 1990s, has fun in store for us. FYI: The weight at top is my proper fancy book weight. At the bottom, a…