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THB1767 Pennsylvania Newspaper with Report on the Repeal of the Stamp Act
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1767 "Repeal of the Stamp Act" Pennsylvania Newspaper
February 2, 1767-Dated Pre-Revolutionary War Colonial Period, Newspaper titled, "THE PENNSYLVANIA CHRONICLE and Universal Advertiser" in which the General Assembly of Pennsylvania thanks King George III of England for his Repeal of the Stamp Act, Very Fine
An important four-page Newspaper, complete, that measures 18.75" x 11.75" and includes the front-page, Column 1, exclusive first printing of a Letter from the Representatives of the Freemen of the Province of Pennsylvania, to British King George III, giving thanks for his repeal of the hated Stamp Act of 1765. Further it reads, in part:
"We humbly entreat Your Majesty will further permit us to embrace this Opportunity of expressing the high Sense we entertain of the Justice and Tenderness of your Parliament, who, ready to hear and consider the Aggrievances of your Majesty's Subject's, have upon a just Representation of the unhappy Circumstances of Your Colonies, manifested their good Dispositions and Lenity to us, in our late distressed situation."
This newspaper is in overall bright fresh clean condition, disbound, with some paper loss on the upper right and lower right corners just touching two words of text at bottom of three pages. The elaborate, engraved masthead and excellent historical content makes this a good candidate for framing and display.
The Stamp Act of 1765 (short title: Duties in American Colonies Act 1765) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an Embossed Revenue Stamp.
Printed materials included legal documents, magazines, playing cards, newspapers, and many other types of paper used throughout the colonies, and it had to be paid in British currency, not in Colonial issued paper money.
The purpose of the tax was to pay for British military troops stationed in the American colonies after the French and Indian War, but the colonists had never feared a French invasion to begin with, and they contended that they had already paid their share of the war expenses. They suggested that it was actually a matter of British patronage to surplus British officers and career soldiers who should be paid by London.
The Stamp Act was very unpopular among colonists. A majority considered it a violation of their rights as Englishmen to be taxed without their consent -- consent that only the colonial legislatures could grant. Their slogan was "No taxation without representation". Colonial assemblies sent petitions and protests, and the Stamp Act Congress held in New York City was the first significant joint colonial response to any British measure when it petitioned Parliament and the King.
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