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Reference to the Stamp Act...
Reference to the Stamp Act...
Item # 701127
March 23, 1767
THE PENNSYLVANIA CHRONICLE & UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, March 23, 1767
* Rare pro British Colonial publication
* American taxation - re. stamp act
Over 1 1/2 columns of the front page are taken up with: "Dr. Franklin's Pieces in Behalf of North America", signed in type: Homespun.
Also on the front page is a letter mentioning: "...I know not with what foundation that there is an intention of obliging the American to pay for all the Stamps they out Mohave used, between the commencement of the Act, and the day on which the Repeal rakes place, from the first of November, 1765, to the first of May, 1766..." with more.
Page 2 has a report of a soldier who deserted, and the punishment given to him.
Four pages, an ornate coat-of-arms engraving in the masthead, nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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