 | Joe Nickell - Law - 2005 - 240 pages
...never sent. It read: "You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction. You have begun to burn our...You are now my Enemy, and I am Yours, B. Franklin." (There are also forged copies of this dramatic letter.)69 As early as 1890, there appeared facsimiles... | |
 | Mark Skousen, Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 514 pages
...July 5, 1775 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...You are now my enemy, and I am, Yours, B FRANKLIN If a temperament naturally cool and phlegmatic can, in old age, be thus heated, you will judge by that... | |
 | Janet Benge, Geoff Benge - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 214 pages
...bitterness, read: 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...You are now my enemy, and I am Yours, B. Franklin After penning the letter, Ben decided not to send it. In October 1775 Ben and two other delegates were... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 330 pages
...other correspondence. You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction. You have begun to burn our...Friends: You are now my Enemy, and I am, Yours, B Franklin.2 But a year later, to his London acquaintance, Lord Howe, now in America, he did express... | |
 | Brandon Marie Miller - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2004 - 124 pages
...William Strahan, in July: You are a Member of Parliament, and one of the Majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction. You have begun to burn our...long Friends: You are now my Enemy, and I am Yours. The coming conflict also tore apart the relationship between Franklin and his son. William Franklin... | |
 | Paul Zall - Social Science - 2005 - 216 pages
...he composed a fiery letter to William Strahan, his old fellow printer, now a member of Parliament. "You have begun to burn our Towns, and murder our...You are now my Enemy, and I am, Yours, B Franklin." 21 He did not send the letter to Strahan but circulated it in newspapers at home and abroad. He would... | |
 | Brenda Haugen, Andrew Santella - Inventors - 2005 - 122 pages
...are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. ... Look upon your hands! They are stained with the blood...You are now my enemy and I am yours, B. Franklin. For years, Franklin had worked to preserve peace between Britain and the colonies. Once the war <?... | |
 | Gordon S. Wood - History - 2006 - 344 pages
...English friend William Strahan: "You are a Member of Parliament and one of that Majority which doomed my Country to Destruction. You have begun to burn our...Friends: You are now my Enemy, and I am, Yours, B. Franklin."38 Since he was trying to convince his fellow Americans of his patriotism, he let people... | |
 | Brenda Haugen, Andrew Santella - Biography - 2005 - 118 pages
...are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. ... Look upon your hands! They are stained with the blood...You are now my enemy and I am yours, B. Franklin. For years, Franklin had worked to preserve peace between Britain and the colonies. Once the war tt... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 513 pages
...July 5, 1775 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...You are now my enemy, and I am, Yours, B FRANKLIN If a temperament naturally cool and phlegmatic can, in old age, be thus heated, you will judge by that... | |
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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... 
