2 Benjamin Franklin [1766 
English trade by heavy taxes on merchants.—Qu. 36 to 42, 
most of these by Mr. Cooper and other friends, with whom I 
had discoursed, and were intended to bring out such answers 
as they desired and expected from me.—Qu. 43, uncertain by 
whom.—Qu. 44, 45, 46, by Mr. Nugent again, who I suppose 
intended to infer that the poor people in America were better 
able to pay taxes than the poor in England.—Qu. 47, 48, 49, 
by Mr. Prescott, an adversary. 
“Qu. 50 to 58, by different members, I cannot recollect who. 
—Qu. 59 to 78, chiefly by the former ministry.—Qu. 79 to 82, 
by friends.—Qu. 83, by one of the late ministry.—Qu. 84, by 
Mr. Cooper.—Qu. 85 to go, by some of the late ministry.— 
Qu. 91, 92, by Mr. Grenville.—Qu. 93 to 98, by some of the 
late ministry.—Qu. 99, 100, by some friend, I think Sir George 
Saville—Qu. 101 to 106, by several of the late ministry.— 
Qu. 107 to 114, by friends.—Qu. 115 to 117, by Mr. A. Bacon. 
—Qu. 118 to 120, by some of the late ministry.—Qu. 121, by 
an adversary.—Qu. 122, by a friend. —Qu. 123, 124, by Mr. 
Charles Townshend.—Qu. 125, by Mr. Nugent.—Qu. 126, by 
Mr. Grenville.—Qu. 12%, by one of the late ministry.—Qu. 128, 
by Mr. G. Grenville.—Qu. 129, 130, 131, by Mr. Wellbore 
Ellis, late Secretary of War.—Qu. 132 to 135, uncertain.— 
Qu. 136 to 142, by some of the late ministry, intending to 
prove that it operated where no service was done, and there- 
fore it was a tax.—Qu. 143, by a friend, I forget who.—Qu. 
144, 145, by C. Townshend.—Qu. 146 to 151, by some of the 
late ministry.—Qu. 152 to 157, by Mr. Prescott, and others 
of the same side.—Qu. 158 to 162, by Charles Townshend.— 
Ou. 163, 164, by a friend, I think Sir George Saville. —Qu. 
165, by some friend. —Qu. 166, 167, by an adversary.—Qu. 
168 to 174, by friends. 
“Mr. Nugent made a violent speech next day upon this 
examination, in which he said: ‘We have often experienced 
Austrian ingratitude, and yet we assisted Portugal; we ex- 
perienced Portuguese ingratitude, and yet we assisted Amer- 
ica. But what is Austrian ingratitude, what is the ingratitude 
of Portugal compared to this of America? We have fought, 
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