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Show .t 3 mm k 17G5 , ,he most significant , American history ' 23,65."tt,'sday ' than two hundred years I 'Z Frederick County, I ' Li court ordered its business carried on ,,t the use of stamped required by the iJS Siamp Act. T THIS time ,he states ill English colonies. In J 0f that year Par-I1' Par-I1' , had passed the r Act recommended by 1 " William Keith, a former 1 , Governor of Pennsyl- I aci levied a stamp tax U pence to ten shillings al papers, tw0 Punds f Allege diplomas, four ''Lis on licenses to sell i L two to six shillings on i I len shillings on a pair lti a shilling on a pack of Vjng cards, a shilling for i',n advertisement in a J,fper, etc. ijlE TAX outraged many Cleans, who felt that only v, own state assemblies ,,he taxing authority over Patrick Henry, in Vir-.j Vir-.j managed to get a jai resolution adopted by . , ,rginia General Assem-, Assem-, so much so that it was ,jeed from the record the jiter it was passed, rtsed citizens in many K destroyed the stamped "r which had been sent tngland. HE BrTTER reaction was jdespread wiser heads in :. n favored repeal of the ,, Benjamin Franklin, the ,:rican Agent in London, summoned before the gof Commons and wisely ined members that if the ,ere enforced with arms ' tnlorcers would not find tilion but "may make act was repealed four Ens after the Maryland p 's defiance. But it had feed such resentment and La surge of nationalism, tv historians believe it wj appreciably to bring L. the Declaration of rendence a decade later Another lovely home in the Home Show which is sponsored spon-sored by the Soroptimist Club of Bountiful is the Dr. Lyndon MacKay home located at 1035 Canyon Crest Drive. THE ANNUAL affair will be held Dec. 9, between the hours of 12 noon and 4 p.m. All proceeds will be used for community projects. Tickets are $2 and can be purchased from Bountiful Drug, Mother Goose Shop, Bountiful Medical Mart, Squash Bios-, som or by calling Barbara Orton at 295-4160. This tour has proved a tremendous success in the past several years and this year promises to be equally so. |
