Virginians force Stamp Distributor to Resign
Francis Fauquier, Virginia's lieutenant governor, rescues the colony's stamp distributor, George Mercer, from an angry crowd in front of the Coffeehouse. Mercer, a Virginian, offers his resignation the next day and returns to England.
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