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Repudiation of the Stamp Act in Frederick 1765
Editor's note recounts the 1765 repudiation of the Stamp Act by Frederick County Court led by Justices including Thomas Beatty and Josiah Beall. It details Grenville's Act, Maryland resistance, Hood's failed stamp appointment, the court's ruling that business proceed without stamps, and the lasting local commemoration in Frederick.
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Edward S. Delaplaine
Judee
Frederick Courty
Maryland Court of Experts
Frederick
Frank Brown
Annapolis
Frederick County
House of Commons
England
George Grenville
Grenville
Admiralty
Treasury
America
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
Commons
New York
Maryland
Zachariah Hood
Hood
London
Horatio Sharpe
Frederick Town
Baltimore
Prince George’s
Garrett
Allegany
Washington
Montgomery
Carroll
Howard Counties
Daughters of the American Revolution
Braddock
Fort Duquesne
Court House
John Darnall
Darnall
Dr . Aall
William Pitt
Lord Camden
Pitt
Camden