Grenville starts appointing Stamp Distributors almost immediately after the Act passes Parliament.

Applicants are not hard to come by because of the anticipated income that the positions promise, and he appoints local colonists to the post.

Benjamin Franklin even suggests the appointment of John Hughes as the agent for Pennsylvania, indicating that even Franklin is not aware of the turmoil and impact that the tax is going to generate on American-British relations or that these distributors will become the focus of colonial resistance.