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Printer Rebels Against Stamp Act in Halifax Gazette
The 16 year old Isaiah Thomas aided by Anthony Henry defies the Stamp Act in Halifax Nova Scotia by placing inverted stamps and a skull image, provoking reprimand leading to his firing and return to Boston where he becomes a Patriot publisher. He later founds the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester.
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Francis G.walett
Worcester State College
American Antiquarian Society
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Halifax Gazette
Isaiah Thomas
Boston
Thomas
London
Anthony Henry
Henry
Gazette
Boston Post-Boy
Isaiah
America
England
Portsmouth
N. H
Massachusetts
Lexington
Concord
Worcester