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'Impressive! . . . The authors have given us a searching account of the crisis and provided some memorable portraits of officials in America impaled on the dilemma of having to enforce a measure which they themselves opposed.'--New York Times 'A brilliant contribution to the colonial field. Combining great industry, astute scholarship, and a vivid style, the authors have sought 'to recreate two years of American history.' They have succeeded admirably.'--William and Mary Quarterly 'Required reading for anyone interested in those eventful years preceding the American Revolution.'--Political Science Quarterly The Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies, provoked an immediate and violent response. The Stamp Act Crisis, originally published by UNC Press in 1953, identifies the issues that caused the confrontation and explores the ways in which the conflict was a prelude to the American Revolution.
Want to know even more about these stamps? A 45-minute lecture on the subject of stamps by type designers has been delivered to The Typophiles, The Baxter Society, Smith College, The Caxton Club, The Guild of Bookworkers, Rare Book School, The Museum of Printing, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, The Ticknor Society, and the Society of Printers. To learn how this lecture might be given to your class or organization, contact the Press.
I have a new tool I would like to tell you about. Fiskars has come out with a user-friendly Stamp Press that was made for use with unmounted stamps. I'll be honest, and tell you that at first I wasn't sure how much I would use this tool. I received it as a gift, and I rather assumed that it wasn't going to be overly impressive. It really doesn't look like it does much.
Without a doubt there is one feature of the Stamp Press that is my favorite, the removable design plate. When I'm working on a multi-layered piece, or if I simply create a design that I love and want to save I can easily pop out the design plate, save it, and then put a clean design plate in the Stamp Press.
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