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Thoughts on the Stamp Act... A Ben Franklin invention...
Thoughts on the Stamp Act... A Ben Franklin invention...
Item # 696253
March 01, 1766
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, March 1, 1766 Page 5 has over half a column taken up with a letter concerning the Stamp Act, noting near the beginning: "... observations relative to the American Stamp Act...to be a weighty argument which he does not remember to have seen: 'If the Stamp Act is very injurious to one considerable part of his Majesty's dominions, there can no reason be assigned why it should not be repealed...".
Page 7 has half a column taken up with a very descriptive article headed: "The Magical Electrical Picture, Invented by the Ingenious Dr. Franklin of Philadelphia".
Eight pages, 8 1/2 by 11 inches, partial red tax stamp on page 4, nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's













