In September we find it annoiuiced that women's shoes were made cheaper and better than in England, and that there was a good assortment on hand ; wove thread stockings were made in sundry places ; the making of linen, woolen and cotton stuff'swas fast increasing ; gloves, hats, carriages, harness and cabinet-work were j^lenty. The people were now self-dependent; cards now appeared recommending that no true friend of his country should buy or import English goods, and the dry-goods men were warned that their importations would lie on hand, to their cost and ruin. At a general meeting of the Merchants and Traders of the City of New York, held on November 7, 1765, it was resolved by them (and to strengthen their resolutions they entered into the most solemn engagements with each other) that they would not import any goods from Great Britain until the Stamp Act was repealed, and the inhabitants of Westchester County were not behind any class in the province in patriotism and sacrifice.

The hated stamps reached New York later than the other colonies. They were brought over in the ship '

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" Edward," which arrived on the 23d October, but the people openly resisted their distribution by violence. The attitude of the other colonies being equally firm, the English ministry were compelled to yield and finally repealed the act. The news of the repeal reached New York on May 20th, simultaneously by expresses from Boston and Philadelphia, and diffused great joy among all classes of the people. On the anniversary of the King's birthday, June 4, 17GG, there were outbursts of popular rejoicing throughout the province, and loyal toasts were drunk. The gratitude of the people to Pitt was everywhere displayed, and New York erected a statue of the great commoner at the intersection of Wall and Smith (now William) Streets, in the city of New York, on the 7th of September, 1770.'