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with a certificate that no stamps are to be had. Hopes this will cause 

 the destruction of the stamps. Reported that Lord Colvil[le] says 

 all " vessels found without stamps ought to be stopt." Capt. [Archi- 

 bald] Kennedy desires that no vessel proceed to sea till accounts are 

 received from home, notwithstanding many vessels are preparing for 

 departure and small vessels come and go, and the Custom House clears 

 as usual. L. 2 p. (Copy.) XL VII, 30. 



By The Parliament of Great Britain. 1765. 



Bill for granting Stamp Duties in America. [The Stamp Act.] D. 

 16 p. (Copy.) LXXVI, 15. 



From [John] Glover and [Barlow] Trecothic[k] to The Secretary 

 of War [Welbore Ellis. Circa 1765.] 



Requests half an hour's audience on the Mutiny Bill, at ten o'clock 

 or such other time as is more convenient to him. A. Dr. by Benjamin 

 Franklin of L. in 3d P. i p. L(ii), 55. 



From Susy Wright to Mrs. [Deborah] Franklin. 



[Circa 1765.] Sunday. 



Acknowledging her letter and sending her a present of apples and 

 pickled salmon. A. L. S. i p. XL, 77. 



From James Parker to Messrs. Hamilton and Balfour, Edinburgh. 

 1766. January 3. New Jersey. 



Had left his business when the first parcel of books arrived, but inas- 

 much as they were sent on Dr. Franklin's recommendation, he could not 

 refuse them. Will go to New York and account for the books sold, 

 and the remainder he will send wherever they desire. A. L. S. 2 p. 



XLVII, 31. 



By The Court for Northampton [County, Pennsylvania]. 

 1766. February 11. 



Unanimous opinion that the Stamp Act is unconstitutional, and does 

 not bind the officers or affect the Colony. D. I p. LII, 54. 



