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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, September, 1766 

* Letter to John Hancock on the repeal of the Stamp Act
* Map of Bridgetown, Barbadoes


One of the better items in this issue is a letter: "...from the Principal Merchants in London trading to the Colonies, to John Hancock, Esq., and the rest of the Merchants in Boston, on the Repeal of the Stamp Act" which has some great reading. This letter takes a full page (see for most).
Articles within this issue include: "An Account of a white Negroe Boy" "Remarkable Petition to Oliver Cromwell" "Behaviour of a Young Heretic executed at Abbeville" and more.
Three-quarters of a column is headed "American News" with reports of troubles with Indians, etc. (see)
Two of the three plates called for in this issue are present, being: "A New Constructed Balance for sorting Yarn or Worsted" with a related article, and the prime print being a full page map titled: "A Plan of Bridge Town in the Island of Barbadoes" which is very nice (see). There is a related article for this print as well
Near the back is the "Historical Chronicle" which has various news reports of the day.
Complete as a 52 page issue measuring 5 by 8 inches with full title/contents page featuring an engraving of St. John's Gate.

A nice issue of this very famous & successful British magazine from this significant year of the Stamp Act, and some ten years before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War.