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Show 258 Examination 9'Dr. Franklin before the A._ To be fure it would; as many of the inhabitants could not get fiamps when they had 0c- cation, for them, without taking long journeys, and {pending perhaps three or four pounds, that the crown might get lixpence. Q; Are not the colonies, from their circumftances, very able to pay the f'tamp duty. A. In my opinion, there is not gold and filver enough in the colonies to pay the itamp duty for one year *. Q; Don't you know that the money arifing from the {tamps was all to be laid out in America ? A. I know it is appropriated by the act to the American fervice; but it will be {pent in the conquered colonies, where the foldiers are 5 not in the [Az D.T.] Half/é quommom 2'72 1766. A. I think not. I believe ver 1i 259 come back. I know of no trade likelg lteo vhgiiid 1t backZ-I think it would come from the colonies where it was fpent, direétly to England- for I have always obferved, that in every colon y the more plenty the means of remittance to Em/mzd the more goods are font for, and the morec tr d, With England carried on. a c Q; What number of white ' I b' do you think there are in Penfylvania :11 1a ltantS A. I fuppofe there m b and may thoufand. ay e about one hundred % What number of them A. Perhaps a third. are %akers 9 Q; What number of Germans P with A. certai Perha npy. 5 another th‘1r d ,- but I cannot [peak colonies that pay it. Q; Is there not a balance of trade due from the colonies where the troops are potted, that will 2'. VICC, bring back the money to the old colonies ? {do H ave any I] U nlber of the G 6'] I][{2}]! fCe" as {Oldlel 8, 168 1 Inan lel'- ll]. El" 0?? .é y of tlléln , both ll). 19"} ope all d * [‘ The Stamp Aél: fays, that the Amzrimm {hall have no com‘ meree, make no exchange of property with each other, neither ' purehafe nor grant, nor recover debts; they {hall neither marry ‘ nor make their wills, unlel's they pay fuch and {uch fums' in flea}: for the (lamps which mult give validity to the proceedings. The operation offueh a tax, had it obtained the eonfent of the people, appeared inevitable; and its annual produé‘tivenefs, if] re- colleé‘t well, was ellimated by its prepofer in the houfe of commons at the committee for fupplies, at 100,000 Lfler/z'ng. The colonies being already reduced to the neceifity of having paper-money, by {ending toBritaz‘n the fpecie they colleéted in foreign trade, in order to make up for the deficiency of their other returns for Britain's mafaétures; there were doubts where could remain the Ami: {uflicient to anfwer the tax. E.] 3 AI dmy 5.2., asAre thethey Eng/1as ]];much ? 1 a t'18 h ed With d'fl ' the {lamp fl A. Yes, and more; and with reafon, as their amps are, in many cafes, to be double *1. .25 How ' [The Stimp f Aét provrd ' es that a dauél d t {l ' : 1\tyhere the 'inllrume'nt, proceedings, &c. flufll hey enlgorlhlfll‘edje iailtd ‘ 031‘, caprinted, Within the faid colonies and planta tions inlitii I pearefir goal): gggglfblanguage.' ghis meafure, I prcl‘ume, hp? . . _ e y motives 0 convenience, : d 1h. ' ofaflimilatmg perfons of foreign to thofe of Brit/flizndcl'c:nffjoiiii<yl l 2 preventing |