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ed the colonies would think of disputing the matter with parliament at the point of the sword. It is our duty to submit, had been the words of Otis. Otis's Rights of the Colonies, 40. We yield obedience to the act granting duties, Answer of the Council and House, 3 Nov. 1764. had been uttered solemnly by the legislature of Massachusetts. If parliament, in their superior wisdom, shall pass the act, we must submit, wrote Fitch, the governor Governor Thomas Fitch to Richard Jackson. Norwalk, 23 Feb. 1765. of Connecticut, elected by the people, to Jackson. It can be of no purpose to claim a right of exemption, thought Hutchinson. It will fall particularly hard on us lawyers and printers, wrote Franklin Franklin to Ross, 14 Feb. 1765. to a friend in Philadelphia, never doubting it would go into effect, and looking for relief to the rapid increase of the people of America. The agent for Massachusetts had recommended the tax. Knox, The Claim of the Colonies to Exemption