BIB_ID
343508
Accession number
MA 152.15
Creator
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Display Date
[1766 Jan. 14].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (5 p., with address) ; 22.3 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and addressed to "Mr. Strahan / Printer / New Street / Shoe Lane."
Part of a collection of letters of Benjamin and William Franklin to William Strahan; see collection-level record for more information.
The memorandum is not dated and there is no place of writing specified, however, William Pitt's Speech in Opposition to the Stamp Act was delivered before the House of Commons on January 14, 1766.
Part of a collection of letters of Benjamin and William Franklin to William Strahan; see collection-level record for more information.
The memorandum is not dated and there is no place of writing specified, however, William Pitt's Speech in Opposition to the Stamp Act was delivered before the House of Commons on January 14, 1766.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan at the Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker sale in Philadelphia, December 14, 1905, lot. 284.
Summary
Providing a detailed report of William Pitt's speech before the House of Commons in opposition to the Stamp Act.
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