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American and Scottish Assembly Protests Stamp Act Demands
Philadelphia reports the Last Assembly denounces the Stamp Act and British duties, affirming rights of British subjects and representative taxation. Resolutions demand taxation only by elected assembly, defend constitutional liberties, and warn of dire consequences for trade and liberty. Edinburgh notes Ogilvy’s dying speech, Cumberland mourning orders, and varied imperial dispatches.
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America
Philadelphia
England
N.C. D
N. C.D
Great Britain
N.C.D
Admiralty
Refaived
N.C. DP
House of Assembly
Patrick Ogilvy
German
Thomas Ogilvy
Eastmill
Heaven
James Robb
Thas
Imy
Jesus
P. S
Mr. John
Fenton
Edinburgh Talbooth
Presens
Ropat
Brorlés
Duke of Cumberland
Scotland
Sweeting’s Alley
Drewn
Jamaica
Active
Carker
Campeachy
Guarda Cotta
Heaver Ferret
Speedwell
Swift
Bay of Honduras
Constantinople
Georgia
Divan
Geneva
Roufran
Switzerland
Saxe Gotha
Berlin
Marischal
Rhem
Prince de Rebec
Dunkirk
Vienna
St. Clement’s Danes
Dermott
Mary Dwindle
Five Bells
New Church
Strand
Kelhham
Notringhamshire
George Sutton
Diana Chaplin
Thomas Chaplin
Blankney
Lincolnshire
Lord Archer