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Protestants, remember the massacre of St. Bartholemews in Paris, & the burning of martyrs in Smithfield

Protestants, remember the massacre of St. Bartholemews in Paris, & the burning of martyrs in Smithfield

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Print shows a British minister handing a copy of the Québec Act to a kneeling bishop, George III is standing to the left, next to him is Lord Bute, with another minister and other clergymen completing the audience; in the background a city burns. Prominent figures are numbered in the print, but there is no corresponding legend.

Illus. in: The rise, progress, and present state of the dispute between the people of America and the administration. London : Printed and sold by W. Bailey, [1776], frontispiece.
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 704.

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01/01/1776
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Old England17.99358, -77.46606
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