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A. Ithink 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 
spent, directly to England; for I have always ob- 
served, that in every colony the more plenty the 
means of remittance to England, the more goods are 
sent for, and the more trade with England carried on. 
Q. What number of white inhabitants do you 
think there are in Pennsylvania? 
A. 1 suppose there may be about one hundred 
and sixty thousand. 
(* What number of them are Quakers? 
A. Perhaps a third. 
{* What number of Germans? 
A. Perhaps another third; but I cannot speak 
with certainty. 
Q. Have any number of the Germans seen service, 
as soldiers, in Europe? 
A. Yes, many of them, both in Europe and 
America. 
Q. Are they as much dissatisfied with the stamp 
duty as the English? 
A. Yes, and more; and with reason, as their 
stamps are, in many cases, to be double. 
Q. How many white men do you suppose there 
are in North America? 
I The Stamp Act provided that a double duty should be laid *‘ where 
the instrument, proceedings, &c., shall be engrossed, written, or 
printed within the said colonies and plantations, in any other than the 
English language.” This measure, it is presumed, appeared to be 
suggested by motives of convenience, and the policy of assimilating 
persons of foreign to those of British descent, and preventing their in- 
terference in the conduct of law business till this change should be 
affected. It seems, however, to have been deemed too precipitate, 
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