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Thomas Wharton to Benjamin Franklin on Virginia Stamp Act Resolves and Pennsylvania unrest

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16 July 1765

Letter from Philadelphia merchant Thomas Wharton to Benjamin Franklin discussing multiple versions of Patrick Henry's Virginia House of Burgesses resolves against the Stamp Act (May 1765), with detailed editorial analysis of textual variants and manuscript copies in Franklin Papers. Also reports on Cumberland County's violent opposition to supplying Fort Pitt, including the seizure and burning of Joseph Spear's goods.

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