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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 to the Committee of Correspondence in New Jersey

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07689 Author/Creator: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Place Written: London, England Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 June 1770 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 31.7 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

"...[A]ll the duties in the last Revenue Act are repealed, except that on Tea."

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Morgann, Maurice, 1726-1802
North, Frederick, 1732-1792

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