SECOND PROTEST WITH A LIST OF THE VOTERS AGAINST THE BILL TO REPEAL THE AMERICAN STAMP ACT OF LAST SESSION
Paris: Chez J.W. Imprimeur, Rue du Colombiere Fauxbourg St. Germain, a l'Hotel de Saxe, 1766. Stitched Pamphlet. Octavo. 9 in. x 5 1/2 in. Good thick laid bond. Nibbling to top quarter outer edge of first several pages, with no text loss. Soiling, smudging, wrinkling and two, small raisin-size holes to front cover. Speakers on this issue were: 1) Against the Repeal of The Stamp Act: Lord Lyttelton, Earl of Bute, Earl Gower. 2) For the Repeal: Duke of Newcastle. The 15-page pamphlet concludes with a three- page LIST of the "...LORDS who Voted and Protested against the Repeal of the American Stamp Act, March 11, 1766"
Denounces "the growing mischiefs" in America.
This important legislative record last sold at auction in 1957. Fair. Item #83817
Price: $750.00