Stamp Act turmoil as Newport town resists and Johnson resigns
Reports from Newport Rhode Island describe a stamp act confrontation where Governor Johnson refused to act unless the act was popular, was seized in his home, brought ashore, and compelled to resign. The scene drew 200 townsfolk to the Town House as he signed and read his resignation amid cheers.
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Gentlemen meet to consider a parliamentary candidate
In the county of Berks and Sacop, notices urge Gentlemen and Freeholders to avoid haste till a proper person for the parliamentary vacancy is chosen. They are summoned to the Crown Inn Reading on Tuesday the 18th instant at eleven in the forenoon to select a candidate to represent them in Parliament in the room of the late member Henry Pyt Ely. Hull Place, William East, March 5, 1756. Sueriff.
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