"OTD 1765, the British official charged with administering the hated #StampAct was hung in effigy from an elm tree near Boston Common. ...Over the next weeks, the great elm emerged as the place in Boston for protest meetings. People of all classes — including unskilled laborers, #enslaved people, & #women, who were normally excluded from official town meetings — flocked to the "Liberty Tree" to post notices, hear speeches, & hold outdoor meetings."

https://www.massmoments.org/moment-details/boston-mob-protests-stamp-act.html?utm_source=Mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=eMoment

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Here, belatedly marking the repeal of the #StampAct, March 18, 1765 (well, not that belatedly by historical standards: it took two months for the good news to travel from England to the Colonies, so I guess I am okay)

https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/repeal_stamp_act_1766.asp

Commemorative teapot, Cockpit Hill factory, (”Derby Pot works”),
Lead-glazed and hand-painted earthenware,
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts

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Distracted by my day job, I am remiss in posting about many historical anniversaries in revolutionary history.

March 18 alone, for example, is the anniversary of

-the repeal of the #StampAct 1765

- the Battle of Neerwinden, 1793, a French defeat that, followed by Dumouriez's treason, led to increased Jacobin power and radicalization of the Revolution

-the declaration of a German republic in Mainz under French auspices, 1793