They are complaining about the Stamp Act with 'tumults & riots' to come...
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Nov. 12, 1765 Page 6 has a few bits concerning America. The back page has: "Letters from Philadelphia, Boston, Rhode Island, New Haven & other provinces in America are full of complaints of the distresses to which the Stamp Act is likely to subject them, and of the tumults and riots in consequence thereof."
Eight pages, 8 1/4 by 11 inches, full red tax stamp on page 2, foxing & rubbing to front page folds, otherwise good condition.
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