This Is the Place to Affix the Stamp

Creator
Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser

Context
The Pennsylvania Journal ran this satirical ad on October 24, 1765.

Audience
Readers of the Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser newspapers

Purpose
To protest the passage of the Stamp Act

Historical Significance
The skull and crossbones symbolized the death of the free press resulting from passage of the act.

This Is the Place to Affix the Stamp

Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser, THIS IS THE PLACE TO AFFIX THE STAMP (1765). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.