Stamp Act collection, 1765-1768. 

 - 6  3  items plus  oversize. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Two reprints (circa 1843) of the British Stamp Act of 1765; two photocopies of stamps; transcript of a Northampton County, Va., court declaration (1766 February 11) that the act was not binding; contemporary copies of three letters (1766 February 28, March 18, and June 13) relating to the act from English merchants to the colonies, the second letter addressed to John Hancock; and copybook containing transcriptions of letters (1765-1766) from the Court of St. James documenting the reaction of King George III and his government to the protests of American colonists to the Stamp Act. 
<br/><br/><br/>In part,  positive photocopy and handwritten and typewritten transcripts. <br/>[S.l.]. <br/>Typewritten copy of Northampton County court document made with permission of Clifford I. Millard. <br/>Washington, D.C. : <br/>Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, <br/>1932. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/>Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 79003042  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>George III,  King of Great Britain,  1738-1820. <br/>Hancock, John, 1737-1793 --Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Great Britain. Stamp Act (1765) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Courts--Virginia--Northampton County.<br/>Merchants--History--England--London--18th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain--Colonies--America.<br/>Great Britain--Court and courtiers--History--18th century.<br/>Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.<br/>Northampton County (Va.)--History.<br/>United States--Politics and government--To 1775.<br/>Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.