Q. Would it not have the effect of excessive usury?
A. Yes; as an oppression of the debtor. * * * *
Q. Are there any slitting-mills in America?
A. I think there are three, but I believe only one at present employed. I suppose they will all be set to work if the interruption of the trade continues.
Q. Are there any fulling-mills there?
A. A great many.
Q. Did you never hear that a great quantity of stockings were contracted for, for the army, during the war, and manufactured in Philadelphia?
A. I have heard so.
Q. If the stamp-act should be repealed, would not the Americans think they could oblige the Parliament to repeal every external tax-law now in force?
A. It is hard to answer questions of what people at such a distance will think.