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Show EXAMINATION O F Doaor BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, or. Q HAT is your name, and place of abode P A, Franklin, of Philadelphia. Q Do the Americans pay any confi-« derable taxes among themfelves? A. Certainly many, and very heavy taxes. Q What are the prefent taxes in Penn-s fylvania, laid by the laws of the colony? A. There are taxes on all ellates real and perfonal, a poll tax, a tax on all of- fices, profeflions, trades and bufinelTes , according to their profits; an excife on all wine, rum, and other fpirits; and a duty of Ten Pounds per head on all Ne- groes imported, with fome other duties. l Q For what purpofes are thofe taxes . aid ? B A. For 446169 |