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Scaevola, active 18th century To the Commissioners Appointed by the East-India Company, for the Sale of Tea, in America.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01753 Author/Creator: Scaevola, active 18th century Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Broadside Date: 1773 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 37 cm, Width: 22 cm Order a Copy

Protests the consignment of tea as a means to raise revenue for Britain in America. Equates the commissioners' appointment with those of the Stamp Act tax collectors a few years earlier. Scaevola was a pseudonym.

Scaevola, active 18th century

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