Governor Bernard's letter to the Earl of Halifax, reporting upon destruction to property and effigies hung by inhabitants of Boston in resistance demonstrations to the Stamp Act following the publication of the Virginia resolves - Colonial America

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Field name	Value
Title	Governor Bernard's letter to the Earl of Halifax, reporting upon destruction to property and effigies hung by inhabitants of Boston in resistance demonstrations to the Stamp Act following the publication of the Virginia resolves
Reference	CO 5/755
Library	The National Archives
Date	15 Aug 1765
Document Type	Correspondence
Theme(s)	Tax; American Revolution
Keywords	governor, Secretary of State, town, Stamp Act, resistance, tax, legislation, newspaper, sedition, resistance, demonstration, public shaming, sheriff, order, law and order, meeting, council, civil disturbance, patriot group, destruction, evacuation, riot, punishment, reward, arrest, fire
Places	Massachusetts; Boston; Castle William; Virginia
People	Montagu-Dunk, George (2nd Earl of Halifax); Bernard, Francis; Oliver, Andrew
Copyright	Crown Copyright documents ¸ are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK.