Record #:

16087

Author(s):

Lee, Lawrence

Abstract:

Retaliating against the English Stamp Act, 1,000 Wilmington men organized against local English official Captain Lobb. The men demanded that the captain cease enforcing the act in the Port of Brunswick, just south of Wilmington.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 14 Issue 3, Feb 1975, p5-6, il

Subject(s):

Wilmington--History