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and no Stamps. Giving three huzzas of defiance, they next, in Kilby-street, demolished a frame which they thought Oliver was building for a Stamp-Office, and with the wooden trophies made a funeral pyre for his effigy in front of his house on Fort Hill. The Stamp Act shall not be executed here, ex- chap. XVI.} 1765. Aug. claimed one who spoke the general sentiment. Death to the man who offers a piece of stamped paper to sell! cried others. All the power of Great Britain, said a third,he would not serve as Stamp Officer, while Bernard, deserting his post as guardian of the public peace, hurried trembling to the castle, and could not recover from his fears, though immured within the walls of a fortress. At night,, bonfire on Fort Hill celebrated the people's victory Several hundred men were likewise gathered round the house of Hutchinson. Let us but hear from his own mouth, said their leader, that he is not in favor of the Stamp Act, and we will be easy. But Hutchinson eva