Thomas Crowley, letter, to Lord Bute, 1766 February 1.

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Thomas Crowley, letter, to Lord Bute, 1766 February 1.

A manuscript letter to an unidentified lord, possibly Lord Bute, discussing the Stamp Act passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The author describes the act, and the colonial response to it, as "the most important affair that has happened in more than half a century within the King's Dominions." He appeals to the lord for help raising "good out of evil". He suggests the colonies be allowed to raise taxes in their own manner. The letter is signed "Amor Patriae" and, based on the signature and address, is assumed to have been written by Thomas Crowley. Crowley used the same signature and address on a later publication.

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