Pennsylvania Stamp Act and Non-Importation Resolutions Collection
Mss.973.2.M31
Manuscripts Relating to the Stamp Act Agitation | 1765-1769 | 1 vol. (16 items) | volume 1 | |
1 Unidentified.
Good effects of the Patriotism of Women | ca.1765 | AMs Cy, 1p. | ||
Suggests women lead opposition to British policy. "The Female sex have ever been remarkable for sagacity, and quick discernments. It is not therefore to be wondered at that so general abnd patriotic a disposuition appears among them to give up Tea and Finery for Home Spun and Libety, when both reason and experience prove that good Husbands, generous Lovers, and faithful Friends are not to be found in a land of Slavery." | ||||
2 Virginia. Council and House of Burgesses.
Address to King George | ca.1765 | AMs Cy, 1p. | ||
Petition to repeal Stamp Act. Access digital object: | ||||
2b Virginia. Council and House of Burgesses.
Address to King George | ca.1765 | AMs Cy, 4p. | ||
Access digital object: | ||||
3 Hughes, John.
to John Penn | Sept. 17, 1765 | ALS, 1p. | ||
Has not received his commission from the Stamp Office. | ||||
4 Penn, John, 1729-1795.
to Capt. James Hawker | October 2, 1765 | ADfS, 1p. | ||
5 Penn, John, 1729-1795.
to Capt. Holland | October 2, 1765 | ADfS, 1p. | ||
As Hughes refuses to take charge of the stamped papers, Penn orders James Hawker take them. | ||||
6 Hawker, James.
to John Penn | October 3, 1765 | ALS, 1p. | ||
Will accept the stamped paper, but advises Penn to find a place to store them for the winter. | ||||
7 Hughes, John.
to John Penn | October 3, 1765 | ALS, 1p. | ||
Relays word that the stamped paper may be met with violence. | ||||
8 Hawker, James.
to John Penn | October 6, 1765 | ALS, 1p. | ||
9 Hughes, John.
to John Penn | October 8, 1765 | ALS, 1p. | ||
Resigns his commission as Stamp Cfficer due threats and public protest. | ||||
10 Hughes, John.
to John Swift, Alexander Barclay and Thomas Graeme | November 5, 1765 | ALS, 3p. | ||
Further account of protests: "The State House and Christ Church Bells were run, muffled and two Negroe Drummers (one of whom belonged to Alderman Saml. Mifflin) beat thro' all parts of the City, with muffled Drums -- thereby alarming the Inhabitants. In consequence whereof, a large Number of Peoplke was raised and assembled at the State House, where it was publickly declared, as I am informed, That if I did not immediatelye resign my Office, my House should be pulled down and my Substance destroyed..." | ||||
11 Hawker, James.
to John Penn | March 3, 1766 | ALS, 1p. | ||
Promises to protect the stamped paper. | ||||
12 Hawker, James.
to John Penn | March 19, 1766 | ALS, 1p. | ||
Asks whether Penn can take the stamped paper out of the ship. | ||||
13 Hawker, James.
to John Penn | March 21, 1766 | ALS, 2p. | ||
Reiterates his request to remove the paper from his ship. | ||||
14 Sons of Liberty of New York. Committee.
to William Bradford | February 13, 1766 | ALS, 1p. | ||
Proposes forming an Association "in order to form an Union of the Colonioes, in immitation of our brethren in Connecticut, Boston, etc... and you may be assured it is the deliberate and determined resolution of our Brethren to the eastward, as well as here, not to be enslaved by any power on Earth, without opposing force, to force." | ||||
15 Sons of Liberty of New York. Committee.
to Sons of Liberty of Philadelphia | February 21, 1766 | ALS, 1p. | ||
"As you have expressed yourselves so warmly in the Glorious Cause of Liberty, we cannot help mentioning our Surprize at your siffering even the least Appearance of such an odious thing of a Stamp Distributor, to exist in your Province, and therefore, presume we may claim to know, from you, the reasons thereof." | ||||
Manuscripts Relating to the Non-Importation Agreements | 1765-1774 | 1 vol. (18 items) | volume 2 | |
4 Philadelphia (Pa.). Merchants and Traders.
to Merchants in Great Britain | November 7, 1765 | Broadside, 1p. | ||
Resolution not to import British goods until repeal of the Stamp Act. | ||||
5 Unidentified.
to Sons of Liberty of New York | February 15, 1766 | ALS, 2p. | ||
Statement of support for non-importation and offer to organize a Sons of Liberty of Philadelphia. | ||||
6 Philadelphia (Pa.). Merchants and Traders.
to Merchants and Manufacturers of Great Britain | 1767? | Pr. LS, 3p. | ||
Protest against imposition of the Townshend Duties (on paper, glass, tea, etc.). | ||||
7 Committee of Merchants & Manufacturers of Boston.
to Merchants of Philadelphia | August 11, 1768 | ALS, 2p. | ||
Bostonians agree not to import British goods. Signed by Thomas Chushing, John Hancock, John Rowe, John Erving, Edward Payne, William Phillips, and John Barrett. Addressed to Thomas Willing, Joseph wift, Thomas Smith, William West, John Cox, George Bryan, and William Fisher. Access digital object: | ||||
9 New York (N.Y.). Merchants.
Resolutions on Non-Importation | August 27, 1768 | AMs Cy, 2p. | ||
Agreement not to import British goods, directly or indirectly. | ||||
10 Philadelphia (Pa.). Committee of Merchants.
Resolution regarding Samuel Purviance | [after April 1770] | AMs, 2p. | ||
Public notice that Samuel Purviance, Sr., has violated his agreement not to import British goods. | ||||
14 Scaevola (pseud.).
To The Commissioners Appointed by the East-India Company, for the Sale of Tea, in America | 1773 | Broadside, 1p. | ||
Protest against the Commissioners' accepting "a paltry bribe of a petty Commisssion, to rivet the Shackles of Slavery on your American Brethren." | ||||
18 Philadelphia (Pa.). Committee of Merchants.
Report of the Committee appointed to wait upon the gentlemen... named Commissioners for the Sale of Tea... and to request them to resign their Commission | October 17, 1773 | AMs, 2p. | ||
Report stating that Thomas and Isaac Wharton had agreed to resign and James and Drinker "not being so candid and explicit." Jonathan Browne out of town. Access digital object: | ||||
19 Philadelphia (Pa.). Committee of Merchants.
Report of the Committee appointed to wait upon the gentlemen... named Commissioners for the Sale of Tea... and to request them to resign their Commission | October 17-22, 1773 | AMs, 4p. | ||
Copy of item 18, plus additional report on James and Drinker's ambiguity. Access digital object: | ||||
20 Philadelphia (Pa.). Committee of Merchants.
Report of the Committee appointed to wait upon the gentlemen... named Commissioners for the Sale of Tea... and to request them to resign their Commission | October 17-22, 1773 | AMs, 2p. | ||
Copy of item 19. | ||||
21 Philadelphia (Pa.). Committee of Merchants.
Report of the Committee appointed to wait upon the gentlemen... named Commissioners for the Sale of Tea... and to request them to resign their Commission | October 19, 1773 | AMs, 1p. | ||
Jonathan Browne has agreed to resign his commission. | ||||
22 James and Drinker.
to Citizens of Philadelphia(?) | October 22, 1773 | AMs, 1p. | ||
Reiteration "that we neither meant or intended to do any thing that would be disagreeable to our fellow Citizens" and "that our Ideas of the American Revenue Act, were the same with those of our fellow Citizens generally." | ||||
23 James and Drinker.
to Citizens of Philadelphia(?) | October 22, 1773 | AMs, 1p. | ||
Copy of item 22 | ||||
24 Philadelphia (Pa.). Committee of Merchants.
Report of the Committee appointed to wait upon the gentlemen... named Commissioners for the Sale of Tea... and to request them to resign their Commission | October 23, 1773 | AMs, 1p. | ||
Further criticism of the ambiguous response of James and Drinker. Access digital object: | ||||
25 Philadelphia (Pa.). Tea Commissioners (Thomas and Isaac Wharton, James and Drinker, Jonathan Browne).
ALS to George Clymer, John Allen, John Wilcocks, Peter Knight, Jeremiah Warder, Lambert Cadwalader, William Moulder, Abraham Bickley, Benjamin Loxley, Thomas Barclay, and Thomas Penrose | December 2, 1773 | AMs, 1p. | ||
Notice of impending arrival of a tea ship, the Polly, subject to the tea tax. | ||||
26 Unidentified.
A Card | December 2, 1773 | Broadside, 1p. | ||
Public notice to James and Drinker to leave a public notice of whether they intend to resign their commissions. | ||||
27 James and Drinker.
to Citizens of Philadelphia(?) | December 2, 1773 | ALS, 2p. | ||
Proposal that the tea shipment be impounded without harm and without intent to distribute, and that the East India Company be pressured to lobby for repeal of the Tea Act. Reassertion that they do not intend to act and "decline acting" on their commissions. | ||||
33 Bradford, William, 1719-1791.
Records of imports into Philadelphia | December 5, 1774-October 25, 1780 | AMs, 1p. | ||
Records of imports into Philadelphia from December 5, 1775-April, 1775. Personal accounts 1780.. |