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Show I 4 ] [5] (L From the thinnefs of the back {Ct-.- fpent directly to England; for I have al.. tlements, would not the Ramp-act be ex- tremely inconvenient to the inhabitants, more plenty the means of remittance to ways obferved, that in every Colony the if executed P A. To be fure it would; as many of the inhabitants could not get Pramps when they had occafion for them, without tak. ing long journeys, and {pending perhaps the more trade with England carried on. . What number of white inhabitants do you think there are in Pennfylvania P Three or Four Pounds, that the Crown 160,000. England, the more goods are fent for, and A. I fuppofe there may be about might get Sixpence. QAre not the Colonies, from their A. Perhaps a third. circumf'tances, very able to pay the Pramp Q. What number of Germans? duty. A. Perhaps another third; but I can: A. In my opinion, there is not gold and filver enough in the Colonies to pay the fiamp duty for one year. Q. Don't you know that the money arifing from the fiamps was all to be laid out in America? A. I know it is appropriated by the aél: to the American fervice; but it will be {pent in the conquered Colonies, where the foldiers are, not in the Colonies that pay it. (L Is there not a balance of trade due (L What number of them are Qiakers? not {peak with certainty. (L Have any number of the Germans feen fervice, as foldiers, in Europe? A. Yes,---many of them, both in Eur0pe and America. Q. Are they as much diffatisfied with the ftamp-duty as the Englifh? A. Yes, and more; and with reafon, as their fiamps are, in many cafes, to be double. (L How many white men do you {up- from the Colonies where the troops are pofe there are in North-America? A. About 300,000, from fixteen to potted, that will bring back the money fixty years of age. to the old colonies P A. I think not. I believe very little would come back. I know of no trade likely to bring it back. I think it would come from the Colonies where it was {pent Q What may be the amount of one year's imports into Pennfylvania from Britain P A. I have been informed that our merChants |