The Necessity of Repealing the American Stamp-Act Demonstrated: Or, A proof that Great-Britain Must be Injured by that Act. In a Letter to a Member of the British House of Commons
- Anonymous Pamphleteer 1765 (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
The Necessity of Repealing the American Stamp-Act Demonstrated is a 32-page pamphlet published in 1766, structured as a letter addressed to a member of the British House of Commons. The work argues that the Stamp Act, passed by Parliament to levy taxes on the American colonies, was ultimately harmful to Great Britain’s own interests — framing repeal not merely as a concession to colonial grievances, but as an economic and political necessity for the mother country itself.
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