Memorial Of The Agent for the Province of Massachusett's-Bay, against a Duty of 3d. per Gallon on foreign Molasses.
- Jasper Mauduit (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
This 1764 pamphlet, authored by Jasper Mauduit, was written as part of the broader colonial debate over British taxation policy in the years leading up to the American Revolution. In it, Mauduit — serving as the colonial agent for the Province of Massachusetts Bay — formally protests a proposed duty of three pence per gallon on foreign molasses, arguing against the economic harm such a tax would inflict on the colony’s trade.
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