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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: May 21, 2017
Caption: Burying the Act
Additional Description: The Sons of Liberty staged a funeral procession that carried the “deceased” Stamp Act —placed in a coffin— through the principal streets of town to the courthouse square where a gallows had been erected. An effigy (dummy shown above) representing the tax collector, was buried with the Stamp Act. A detailed report of this event appearing in the Maryland Gazette would be reprinted in papers throughout the colonies including Boston, New York and Philadelphia.Close-up of image on marker
Submitted: May 29, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p383806
File Size: 2.308 Megabytes

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