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This document never really existed. It's an authentic recreation of a typical bill-of-lading of the 18th century. This would have been used by a ship entering Boston Harbor and required by the 1765 Stamp Act to carry the embossed paper tax stamp. (See upper left corner and detail inset.) From researching original examples of the stamp, I created the digital version as well as the metal staple used to fasten the stamps to the document. Authentic fonts and handwriting examples of the 18th century were used in the body of the document. The physical paper itself was scanned from a 250 year-old original.

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This document never really existed. It's an authentic recreation of a typical bill-of-lading of the 18th century. This would have been used by a ship entering Boston Harbor and required by the 1765 Stamp Act to carry the embossed paper tax stamp. (See upper left corner and detail inset.) From researching original examples of the stamp, I created the digital version as well as the metal staple used to fasten the stamps to the document. Authentic fonts and handwriting examples of the 18th century were used in the body of the document. The physical paper itself was scanned from a 250 year-old original.

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