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bled, and ruined ourselves, to conquer for them; and now 
they come and tell us to our noses, even at the bar of this 
House, that they are not obliged to us,” &c. But his clamor 
was very little minded.” 
A few years since the editor stumbled upon an original 
edition of this Examination, in a pamphlet form, and 
bearing the following title: 
THE EXAMINATION OF 
DOCTOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 
RELATIVE TO 
THE REPEAL OF THE AMERICAN STAMP ACT IN MDCCLXVI 
MDCCLXVII, 
Price ONE SHILLING. 
No publisher’s imprint is given. In the margin, how- 
ever, and in a chirography which seems more recent than 
the printed text, are written what purport to be the 
“names of the interrogators.” When or by whom, or 
upon what authority, this list was made, there are no 
indications; but the fact that the list differs so widely 
from that given in Delaplaine’s, and the further fact that 
Franklin so frequently confesses his inability to recall 
the names of some of his interrogators, seem to justify 
me in giving this anonymous list here for what it is worth. 
As Grenville is always spelt Greenwille, and Burke 
Bourke, the presumption is that all the names were writ- 
ten by a foreigner, who had taken them from the lips of 
his informant. 
By the Speaker ; Nos. 1, 2, inclusive. 
“ Mr. Huske : Nos. 3 to 42, “ 
“ Lord Clare : . Nos. 43 to 49, 98 to 103, “ 
“ Mr. Townshend . Nos. 50 to 77, pe 
* Mr. Bourke . Nos. 78 to 89, 106, 107, “ 
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