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The Examination of Doctor Benjamin Franklin, before an August Assembly, relating to the Repeal of the Stamp-Act, &c.
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This pamphlet contains Benjamin Franklin's testimony in January 1766 before the House of Commons, the lower house of Parliament. Franklin answered 174 questions, provided testimony to help British lawmakers understand the colonists' resistance to British policies and argued for the repeal of the Stamp Act.