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1765 Announcement of the Stamp Act & Colonists' Outrage -- ''...by virtue of a commission of his maj

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1765 Announcement of the Stamp Act & Colonists' Outrage -- ''...by virtue of a commission of his maj

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Auction Date:2013 Jul 23 @ 17:00 (UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST)
Location:11901 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States
'Gentleman's Magazine, Historical Chronicle'' 1765 hardcover compilation. The first to use the term magazine, the monthly publication, which debuted in 1731, was ''crowded with Articles of general Concern and Curiousity''. The preface to the 1765 collection states, ''...There is...scarce any Period of Time in which the Prerogative of the Crown, the Privileges of Parliament, and the Liberties of the People, have been more full discussed...'' Tensions between Great Britain and the American colonies were high at this time, due in large part to Parliament's continued attempts to tax the colonies. Already opposed to the 1764 sugar tax, colonists were united in their resistance to the Stamp Act, passed in March 1765 and announced in the March issue. ''...Lord Mansfield, as Speaker, and the Earls Gower and Marchmant, by virtue of a commission of his majesty, gave the royal assent...for laying a stamp duty in the British colonies in America...'' The coordinated resistance to these taxes was a major step toward revolution. Growing discontent is palpable in later issues, especially December, which contains: ''The Grievances of the American Colonies candidly examined'' and ''The Importance of the N. American Colonies considered''. Other news includes advances in agriculture, medicine and science, religious controversy, stories of crime, and writings of Voltaire, with illustrations of British homes, mechanical drawings of the centrifugal engine, and maps. Moderate edge wear to 5.5'' x 8.25'' marble boards, bound with a leather spine lettered in gilt. Binding loosened from volume; foxing and toning to some pages but generally clean. Overall very good.
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