Assertion: chesterfield | /r/CapableOf | note the absurdity of the stamp act
Facets:
value: in a letter to his friend
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In a letter to his friend, the Duke of Newcastle, Chesterfield noted the absurdity of the Stamp Act because it could not be properly enforced, but, if effective, the Act would generate a revenue no greater than eighty-thousand pounds sterling per year, whilst the annual cost of reduced trade from the American colonies would be about one million pounds sterling.