Stamp Act Box, 1766
date: label: associated date
content: 1766 03 18
notes: label: Description
content: This leather document box celebrated the repeal of the 1765 Stamp Act, a Parliamentary tax on colonial newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, and playing cards. Most Americans and many Britons in England welcomed the repeal as a way to heal divisions within the empire. Several similar boxes have survived, each with different initials but marked with the same phrase and date.
topic: label: used
content: Stamp Act
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content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Carl M. Williams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.295376.01
label: catalog number
content: 295376.01
label: accession number
content: 295376
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 14 1/2 in x 7 3/4 in; 13.97 cm x 36.83 cm x 19.685 cm