Tag: Stamp Act

First Jewish Thanksgiving Prayer Published in a Newspaper

By Jane Cook on November 16, 2023

In this article, Jane Hampton Cook writes about a Jewish Thanksgiving prayer, written by Rabbi Isaac Touro in 1765 amid the turmoil over the Stamp Act... (Read More)

Ancestor’s Outrageous Bar Bill Shows Extent of Stamp Act Protests & Drinking

By Melissa Berry on July 20, 2020

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about a riotous night of drinking in September 1765 while protesting the Stamp Act. .. (Read More)