| Citation |
BEP(F.766.020
28 Apr 1766:21 (1598)
London, March 16. . . Letters from Birmingham, by
yesterday's post say, that as soon as the news of the
intended repeal of the Stamp-Act, arrived there on sunday
[sic], the bells were directly set a ringing, and other
demonstrations of joy shewed in the different parts of the
town, and some hundreds of journeymen artificers, who had
been long unemployed, were immediately engaged again for the
different manufactures carried on at that place. . .
The bells of several of he city-churches were rung on
saturday last, and on the evening of the same day several
houses were illuminated.
|