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Barlow Trecothick (continued)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2011

D. H. Watson
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When Trecothick was examined as a witness before the Committee of the Whole House which investigated the Stamp Act and was question on the petitions he admitted that they had been sought and there was no secrecy over the circular letter. He spoke as follows:

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Bulletin of the British Association for American Studies , Volume 2 , March 1961 , pp. 29 - 39
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Copyright © British Association for American Studies 1961

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