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Letter from Archibald Kennedy to Cadwallader Colden (retained copy), 2 November 1765, and letter Cadwallader Colden to Archibald Kennedy (copy), 2 November 1765
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- Coming of the American Revolution
These letters between Lieutenant Governor Cadwallader Colden and Archibald Kennedy, captain of the HMS Coventry, were written the day after the official start of the Stamp Act. They convey the urgency with which the two men were trying to decide whether the "Stamp'd papers" would be more securely stored on land, within Fort George, or at sea, aboard "one of the Kings Ships".