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Collection Reference Number GLC03120
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1765-1774 
Title Boston Gazette: Supplement. [May 12, 1766]
Date 12 May 1766
Author Edes & Gill (fl. 1766)  
Document Type Newspapers and Magazines
Content Description Prints a scriptural parody critical of the Stamp Act (p. 1), a letter "from a North-American, now on the Island of Barbados" passionately denouncing the Stamp Act (p. 2), an extract from a letter from London claiming Benjamin Franklin had assured Parliament that the repeal of the act would relieve tensions, and another extract on the fate of nations and liberty (p. 3). Also contains many advertisements. Benjamin Edes and John Gill, the publishers of the Boston Gazette, were members of the anti-British faction in Boston.
Subjects Liberty  Taxes or Taxation  Stamp Act  Finance  Global History and Civics  Caribbean  Government and Civics  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Banking & Economics; Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859