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Collection Reference Number GLC00782.03
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1765-1774 
Title Benjamin Franklin to Joseph Galloway describing the debate in Parliament over whether or not to repeal the stamp act of 1765
Date 16 January 1766
Author Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)  
Recipient Galloway, Joseph  
Document Type Government document; Land transaction document
Content Description Describes the debate in Parliament over whether or not to repeal the Stamp Act of 1765. Comments at length on the speech given by William Pitt in favor of the American position. Marked "Copy" on p.3. Some notes in the form of a list pertaining to real estate and possibly written in another hand, appear on p. 4. Docketed by Franklin.
Subjects Stamp Act  Land Transaction  Taxes or Taxation  Government and Civics  Global History and Civics  
People Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)  Galloway, Joseph (1731-1803)  Pitt, William (1749-1823)  
Place written London, England
Theme Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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