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NHG-P.766.007
14 Feb 1766:11,12 (489)
Charles-Town (South-Carolina,) January 21, 1766.
Extract of a letter from Georgia, dated January 6.
Our liberty here is at a very low ebb. When we received the
first accounts of the opposition made to the stamp act to
the northward, the same spirit took place here, and there
seemed to be a general dislike to it; but of late some of
our merchants (finding their interest concerned) who at
first exclaimed most against the act, drew off, and have
even endeavoured to suppress the spirit of liberty, by
gaining over the greatest part of the ship masters to their
side. The number of the sons of liberty are too few here to
make any head against the other party, which is supported by
the rangers of this province--Last Thursday a number of
people assembled together after a muster of the militia, and
having provided themselves with drums and colours, marched
to the governor's gate, in order to know if he intended to
appoint a distributor of stamps, as a petition for that
purpose was then handed about and subscribed by a number of
the merchants, &c.
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