The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the War of the Independence...Hunt and Clark, 1826 - 407 pages |
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Page 160
... ministers . - Letters of governor Hutchinson & c . brought to Franklin , and published in America . - Consequences.- Franklin violently abused before the Privy Council . - Destruction of the tea at Boston . - Boston Port Act ...
... ministers . - Letters of governor Hutchinson & c . brought to Franklin , and published in America . - Consequences.- Franklin violently abused before the Privy Council . - Destruction of the tea at Boston . - Boston Port Act ...
Page 161
... ministers were furnished before the celebrated Stamp Act was brought in . Dr Franklin , shortly after his arrival in England , received separate commissions of agency for the respective colonies of New Jersey , Georgia , and ...
... ministers were furnished before the celebrated Stamp Act was brought in . Dr Franklin , shortly after his arrival in England , received separate commissions of agency for the respective colonies of New Jersey , Georgia , and ...
Page 165
... minister . This again threw the colonies into commotion ; and they now began to contemplate a final rupture with Britain . Yet some members of the cabinet still entertained the project of taxing the colonies ; and Mr C. Town- send ...
... minister . This again threw the colonies into commotion ; and they now began to contemplate a final rupture with Britain . Yet some members of the cabinet still entertained the project of taxing the colonies ; and Mr C. Town- send ...
Page 170
... minister to the governors of the colonies . It is sup- posed that about this time Dr Franklin delivered to the new minister his celebrated and often - quoted " Rules for reducing a great empire to a small onet . " On the whole there ...
... minister to the governors of the colonies . It is sup- posed that about this time Dr Franklin delivered to the new minister his celebrated and often - quoted " Rules for reducing a great empire to a small onet . " On the whole there ...
Page 173
... minister " to stipulate with the merchants of Eng- Hand , and purchase from them large quantities of goods proper for the American market ; agreeing beforehand to allow them a premium equal to the advance of their stock , if the price ...
... minister " to stipulate with the merchants of Eng- Hand , and purchase from them large quantities of goods proper for the American market ; agreeing beforehand to allow them a premium equal to the advance of their stock , if the price ...
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