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Exhibition The Two Georges: Parallel Lives in an Age of Revolution

A handwritten page beginning with the words “The late variety of opinions that have been reported to be mine on the Stamp Act.”
King George III. Memorandum by George III on his actions relative to the Stamp Act, February 11, 1766 External. Lent by His Majesty King Charles III. © His Majesty King Charles III 2025 (025.00.00)
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“I thought Repealing infinitely more eligible than Enforcing”

Faced with opposition from American colonists and British merchants, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766. In this memorandum, George III records the evolution of his views on the act. He writes, “I thought Repealing infinitely more eligible than Enforcing, which could only tend to widen the breach between this Country & America.”