Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, April 7, 1766

An express arrived last night from Maryland confirming the report of the repeal of the Stamp Act, for which news the bells rang all day.

SOURCE: Jacob Cox Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 11

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