Preamble An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America; for continuing, amending, and making perpetual, an act passed in the sixth year of the reign of his late majesty King George the Second, (intituled, An act for the better securing and encouraging the trade of his Majesty’s sugar colonies…
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An Ambassador to the Country Mob
Posted on Author Benjamin FranklinPosted in 5. Letters, Benjamin Franklin, Colonial America, Letters, Native Americans, The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Vol III: London
To John Fothergill Dear Doctor, Philada. March 14. 1764. I received your Favour of the 10th. of Decemr. It was a great deal for one to write, whose Time is so little his own. By the way, When do you intend to live? i.e. to enjoy Life. When will you retire to your Villa, give…
A Narrative of the Late Massacres
Posted on Author Benjamin FranklinPosted in 1. 1757 - 1768, African Americans, Benjamin Franklin, Colonial America, Native Americans, The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Vol III: London
in Lancaster County, of a Number of Indians, Friends of this Province, by Persons Unknown With Some Observations on the Same These Indians were the Remains of a Tribe of the Six Nations, settled at Conestogoe, and thence called Conestogoe Indians. On the first Arrival of the English in Pennsylvania, Messengers from this Tribe came…