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, nor 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 Massachusett's 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.