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Augustus Johnston
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Augustus Johnston
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Monday, August 31, 2015
“A new Fire” in Newport
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Yesterday I broke off the news from Newport with the resignation of Augustus Johnston as stamp-tax collector on the morning of 29 Aug 176...
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Sunday, August 30, 2015
“They soon returned to the Charge with redoubled Fury”
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Yesterday I quoted the 2 Sept 1765 Newport Mercury ’s description of the Rhode Island capital’s anti- Stamp Act protest on 27 August. L...
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Anti-Stamp Act Protests in Rhode Island
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Public protests against the Stamp Act spread outside of Boston in August 1765 so quickly that I’ve fallen behind the sestercentennial ann...
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Saturday, August 16, 2014
News from Newport
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The Newport Historical Society is commemorating the city’s Stamp Act protests of late August 1765. The society has created an online t...
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