Q. Was it not talked of in the other provinces as a proper measure to apply to parliament to compel them? A. I have heard such discourse: but as it was well known that the people were not to blame, no such application was ever made, or any step taken towards it. Q. Was it not proposed at a public meeting? A. Not that I know of. Q. Do you remember the abolishing of the paper currency in New England, by act of assembly? A. I do remember its being abolished in the Massachusetts Bay. Q. Was not lieutenant governor Hutchinson principally concerned in that transaction? A. I have heard so. Q. Was it not at that time a very unpopular law? A. I believe it might, though I can say little about it, as I lived at a distance from that province. Q. Was not the scarcity of gold and silver an argument used against abolishing the paper? A. I suppose it was. Q. What is the present opinion there of that law? Is it as unpopular as it was at first? A. think it is not . Q. Have not instructions from hence been sometimes sent over to governors, highly oppressive and unpolitical? A. Yes. Q. Have not some governors dispensed with them for that reason? A. Yes, I have heard so. Q. Did the Americans ever dispute the controuling power of parliament to regulate the commerce? A. No. Q. Can any thing less than a military force carry the Stamp Act into execution? A. I do not see how a military force can be applied to that purpose. Q. Why may it not? A. Suppose a military force sent into America, they will find nobody in arms; what are they then to do? They cannot force a man to take stamps who chuses to do without them. They will not find a rebellion; they may indeed make one. Q. If the act is not repealed, what do you think will be the consequences? A. A total loss of the respect and affection the people of America bear to this country, and of all the commerce that depends on that respect and affection. Q. How can the commerce be affected? A. You will find, that if the act is not repealed, they will take very little of your manufactures in a short time. Q. Is it in their power to do without them? A. I think they may very well do without them.