Nicholas Ray
1715 – 1788
Londoner who resided for a time in New York, and possibly a merchant.
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Little is known of Nicholas Ray (1715/16 – 1788) but that he was a London native who resided for a time in New York. From his writing, it appears he had knowledge of the commercial conditions of the colonies and may well have been a merchant. He conceded Parliament’s legal right to tax the colonies, but denied that this was to treat Americans as fellow subjects. He called for repeal of the Stamp tax and withdrawal of imperial troops from the colonies.
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