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Show 28o Examination ofDr. Franklin bgfore t/Je proprinted as a fund for lfupporting the college at Williamfburgh, in Virginia. ' 1n ' the W6?: Indies . H ve not the alTetnbhes theqfameanatural rights Wlth thofe in North America? . d rbtedl . their on there laid tax A. Ed‘dlils therey not a . t .d? . 0‘ {"323 lYalifdrri-ot much acquainted With the Weft [Az D.T.] 117021 9 quom/mmz'iz I766. 281 A. The merchants are a very {mall number compared with the body of the people, and mutt dilbontinue their trade, if nobody will buy their goods. 2; What are the body of the people in the colonies ? A. They are farmers, hufbandmen, or plan» ters. on fughrs exported, was, Ibelreve, granted by Q; Would they fut-Fer the produce of their A. No; but they would not raile {0 much . They woul their own alTemblies- * P 'lefs. Indies -' but the duty of four and a half per cent. lands to rot P d manufaélure more, and plow .91, How much is the poll-tax in your pro. l 'd on unmarried men? ' . ' "an it is, I think fifteen (billings, to be paid 2; Would they live without the adminillration ofjuftice in civil matters, and fuffer all the by every fingle freeman, upwards of twenty- ineonveniencies of fuch a fituation for any con- 1d. onzcwgt is the annual amount of all the liderable time, rather than take the Ramps; fup~ taxes in Penfylvania? , - . II. I fuppofe about 20,0001. fierhng. . . Su ofin ' d the Stamp Aét eontrnued, an engicedfpdo ygou imagine that ill-humour Will induce the Americans to give as much for wor 6: manufaétures of their own, and ufe them, pref bl! to better of ours? . , er:1.)Yes, I think {0. People wrllrpay asfree1y to gratify one paflion as another, their 16f tment as their ride.. ' . . _ GHQ; Would thep people at Bolton difconttp‘E: their trade P ‘ .[See the note to Lord Howe's letter to our author. A. E.] poling the ltamps were proteited by a fuflicient force, where every one might have them P d. I think the {uppofition impraé‘ricable, that the {lamps fhould be to proteeted as that every one might have them. The not requi res {ubdil'tributors to be appointed in every county town, dittrié‘t, and village ; and they would be ileceffa1'y. But the prim/pal dillributors, who were to have had a eonliderable profit on the Whole, have not thoughtit worthwhi le to continue in the office; and I think it impof lible to find fub-dif‘crilmtors fit to be trulled, who, for the trifling profit that until come to their lharc, would incur the odium, and run the hazar d that O 0 would |