Martin Howard
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Martin Howard
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Martin Howard (1725–1781) was a politician in colonial Rhode Island. A lawyer, politician, phisiocrat and sceptical philosopher, and had been a delegate from Rhode Island to the Albany Congress. He was the only prominent American to publicly support the Stamp Act of 1765, in his pamphlet "A Letter from a Gentleman at Halifax to His Friend in Rhode Island," (1765) in which he asserted that Parliament had the power to impose taxes on the colonies. Fleeing Rhode Island, he was appointed Chief Justi
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Howard
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2009-10-24T03:46:15Z
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2024-08-29T00:09:16Z
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