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FIRST AMERICAN RESPONSE TO THE STAMP ACT (REVOLUTION.) [Hopkins, Stephen.] The Rights of Colonists. Printed on the first, second and last pages of

FIRST AMERICAN RESPONSE TO THE STAMP ACT (REVOLUTION.) [Hopkins, Stephen.] The Rights of Colonists. Printed on the first, second and last pages of the 28 January 1765 issue of The New-York Mercury. 4 pages. Folio, disbound; some tape repairs, some staining. New York: Hugh Gaine, 28 January 1765

  • Notes: contemporary newspaper printing of a scarce anti-stamp act pamphlet. Hopkins's reaction to the proposed legislation is considered the first American response to the Stamp Act. It was first published in pamphlet form in Providence at the end of December 1804. See Adams, American Independence 14a, Howes H633, Sabin 32966, Evans 10010, and Streeter Sale 736 for the pamphlet printings.
    with--Group of 13 other issues of the New-York Mercury from 1764-65. Condition varies.

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