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Walpole, Robert, fl. 1765 [Resolutions of Virigina and Massachusetts against the Stamp Act]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03662.01 Author/Creator: Walpole, Robert, fl. 1765 Place Written: London, England Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 18 October 1765 Pagination: 7 p. : docket ; Height: 32 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

A transmittal letter signed by Walpole as clerk for the Privy Council in the Court of St. James. Transmits resolutions from Virginia and Massachusetts proclaiming the Stamp Act illegal. The Stamp had been passed by Parliament earlier that year. Has a seal and watermark.

Walpole, Robert, fl. 1765

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