Object Details
- Description
- This leather document box celebrated the repeal of the 1765 Stamp Act, a Parliamentary tax on colonial newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, and playing cards. Most Americans and many Britons in England welcomed the repeal as a way to heal divisions within the empire. Several similar boxes have survived, each with different initials but marked with the same phrase and date.
- Credit Line
- Carl M. Williams
- associated date
- 1766 03 18
- ID Number
- PL.295376.01
- catalog number
- 295376.01
- accession number
- 295376
- Object Name
- Box
- Physical Description
- leather (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 14 1/2 in x 7 3/4 in; 13.97 cm x 36.83 cm x 19.685 cm
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, General History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- used
- Stamp Act
- Record ID
- nmah_530070
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-818f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
