Parker, James, fl. 1766-1771 Examination of Doctor Benjamin Franklin, before an August Assembly, relating to the Repeal of the Stamp-Act, &c.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01719 Author/Creator: Parker, James, fl. 1766-1771 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1766 Pagination: 16 p. ; 19 x 13 cm. Order a Copy
Records Franklin's testimony before the House of Commons concerning American grievances about the Stamp Act, internal levies, the debts from the French and Indian War, costs and origins of that war, American manufactures, and American sentiments towards Britain and Parliament. Among the questions and answers are: "Q. What used to be the pride of Americans? / A. To indulge in the fashions and manufactures of Great-Britain. / Q. What now is their pride? / A. To wear their old cloaths over again, till they can make new ones." Copyright and libel laws prohibited any indication of the "august assembly" being identified as the House of Commons. James Parker was the publisher of this pamphlet.
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