The Examination of Doctor Benjamin Franklin before an August Assembly, relating to the Repeal of the Stamp-Act, etc. [caption title]. [Philadelphia: Hall & Sellers, 1766.]
8vo (200 x 129 mm). 16 pp, without title page, as issued. Old stiff wrappers, modern cloth and morocco clamshell box. Staining and foxing, creasing to lower outside corner of leaf A1.
FIRST EDITION of this transcript of Franklin's testimony to the House of Commons in February 1766. London printer William Strahan, a friend of Franklin's, obtained a copy of the transcript from the Clerk of the House, and provided it to Hall & Sellers in Philadelphia. Franklin's testimony brought about the repeal of the Stamp Act and established his reputation as an American patriot. Adams, American Independence 31a; Evans 10300; Ford 290; Howes F319; Sabin 25501.
WITH: The Examination of Doctor Benjamin Franklin relative to the Repeal of the American Stamp Act in MDCCLXVI. [London]: 1767. 8vo (215 x 128 mm). Title page, 50 pp text. 20th century boards. Upper joint cracking, smudges to title page, light browning. First London edition. Adams, American Independence 31f; Ford 288; Sabin 25502.
The Examination of Doctor Benjamin Franklin before an August Assembly, relating to the Repeal of the Stamp-Act, etc. [caption title]. [Philadelphia: Hall & Sellers, 1766.]
8vo (200 x 129 mm). 16 pp, without title page, as issued. Old stiff wrappers, modern cloth and morocco clamshell box. Staining and foxing, creasing to lower outside corner of leaf A1.
FIRST EDITION of this transcript of Franklin's testimony to the House of Commons in February 1766. London printer William Strahan, a friend of Franklin's, obtained a copy of the transcript from the Clerk of the House, and provided it to Hall & Sellers in Philadelphia. Franklin's testimony brought about the repeal of the Stamp Act and established his reputation as an American patriot. Adams, American Independence 31a; Evans 10300; Ford 290; Howes F319; Sabin 25501.
WITH: The Examination of Doctor Benjamin Franklin relative to the Repeal of the American Stamp Act in MDCCLXVI. [London]: 1767. 8vo (215 x 128 mm). Title page, 50 pp text. 20th century boards. Upper joint cracking, smudges to title page, light browning. First London edition. Adams, American Independence 31f; Ford 288; Sabin 25502.
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