ALS, 1766 September 12, Milton, [Massachusetts], to Charles Paxton.

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ALS, 1766 September 12, Milton, [Massachusetts], to Charles Paxton.

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The Royal Lt. Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony describes protests and violent actions of the colonists against English officials over the imposition of the Stamp Act. His own house had been ransacked, and much of his letter concerns his attempts for compensation from Parliament. Paxton was a hated British customs commissioner.

4 p. ; 30 x 19 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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