THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, March 4, 1766  

* Celebrating the imminent repeal of the Stamp Act

Page 6 has a very notable report from Bristol, England: "Never was joy more general or citizens hearts more sensibly touched, than ours were last Monday, on hearing the favorable turn of the American affairs. The bells throughout the city rang incessantly the whole day and in the evening were uncommon bonfires; several houses were illuminated, the American coffee house in particular, from whose windows the merchants trading to that quart row the world threw money to the populace, which in return appeared decently grateful."
The celebration was for the expected repeal of the Stamp Act which would formally happen on March 18.
Eight pages, 8 1/2 by 11 inches, partial red tax stamp on page 2, some stains to the first two leaves, nice condition.

Background: This rare, eight-page March 4, 1766 issue of The London Chronicle offers a vivid, contemporary window into the massive economic and political stakes of the pre-Revolutionary Atlantic world, capturing a pivotal moment of public euphoria in Bristol, England, over the impending repeal of the catastrophic Stamp Act. The reporting reveals how deeply integrated the British merchant class was with the American colonial economy; facing financial ruin due to American non-importation boycotts, Bristol merchants actively lobbied Parliament for the repeal and celebrated its legislative progress by illuminating the American Coffee House and flinging coins to the populace. The historical significance of this artifact lies in its raw depiction of a time when British citizens and American colonists were still economically aligned, starkly contrasting with the outbreak of war just a decade later. Furthermore, because 18th-century newspapers were printed on fragile rag paper in highly limited runs and routinely discarded, surviving original copies that document such specific, high-stakes colonial flashpoints are exceptionally scarce, making this issue a premium tangible artifact of early American and British imperial history.