 | George Willis - 1856 - 112 pages
...by the following characteristic and manly avowal. Mr. Strahan,—Yon are a member of Parliament, and of that Majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction. You have begun to burn our Towns, and murder our People.—1xiok upon your hands !—They are stained with the blood of your Itehttions !—You and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Horatio Hastings Weld - 1856 - 584 pages
...begun to burn our towns and murder our peoule. Look upon your hands. cney are stamed with the blooa 01 your relations ! You and I were long friends; you are now my enemy, and I am yours, " B. FRANKLIN." This letter, which was published in the London papers soon after its receipt, was the... | |
 | George Willis - 1856 - 320 pages
...and manly avowal. Philadelphia, July 5, 1 775. Mr. Straban, — You are a member of Parliament, and of that Majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction. You have begun to burn our T0WDS, and murder our People. — Ixiok upon your hands! — They are stained with the blood of your... | |
 | Antiquarian booksellers - 1856 - 696 pages
...5, 1775. Mr. Strahan, — You are a member of Parliament, and of that Majority which hať doomed ray Country to Destruction. You have begun to burn our Towns, and murder our People. — lx)ok upon your hands I — They are stained with the blood of your Relations ! — You and I were... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1858 - 424 pages
...former friend in London. " Mr. Strahan : " You are a Member of Parliament and one of that ma" jority which has doomed my country to destruction. " You..." friends ; you are now my enemy, and I am Yours, " BENJAMIN FRANKLIN." t The Petition to the King was by no means the only document which the Congress... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1858 - 420 pages
...former friend in London. " Mr. Strahan : " You are a Member of Parliament and one of that ma" jority which has doomed my country to destruction. " You..." friends ; you are now my enemy, and I am Yours, " BENJAMIN FRANKLIN." t The Petition to the King was by no means the only document which the Congress... | |
 | Edmund Fillingham King - 1859 - 360 pages
...letter, written in the actual heat of the first outbreak. Philadelphia, July 5, 1775. Mr. STRAHAN, — You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority...long friends ; you are now my enemy, and I am, yours, B. FRANKLIN. HENEY II. STBIPT WHEN DEAD. 1189. Immediately upon his death, those that were about him... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1859 - 622 pages
...course. On the 5th of July, 1775, Franklin wrote the following from Philadelphia : " MR. STRAHAN : You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority...doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to bum our towns and murder our peoole. Look upon your hands, rney are stained with the blooa or your... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1860 - 496 pages
...gobetween through whom he had formerly communicated with Lord North, he wrote on the fifth of July : " You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority...long friends ; you are now my enemy, and I am yours." But Franklin did not attempt to overrule the opinions or defy the scruples of his colleagues, and,... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1860 - 490 pages
...gobetween through whom he had formerly communicated with Lord North, he wrote on the fifth of July: "You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority...long friends; you are now my enemy, and I am yours." But Franklin did not attempt to overrule the opinions or defy the scruples of his colleagues, and,... | |
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MR. STRAHAN, You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. — You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. — Look upon your hands! — They are stained with the blood of your relations... 
