The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 13: Volume 13: January 1, 1766 through December 31, 1766

Franklin, Benjamin; Labaree, Leonard W. [Editor]

ISBN 10: 0300011326 / ISBN 13: 9780300011326

Published by Yale University Press, 1969

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 13: Volume 13: January 1, 1766 through December 31, 1766
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300011326
• ISBN 13: 9780300011326
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The most important event in Franklin's career during 1766 was his influential examination before the House of Commons advocating the repeal of the Stamp Act. The verbatim account of that examination, as recorded by the assistant clerk, is reprinted here. Included are notations by Franklin and one of the members as to who asked the various questions to which he address his remarks.His other activities as colonial agent relating to the Stamp Act and the act restraining paper money are indicated in both his personal correspondence and his letter to English newspapers.Early in 1766, Franklin's printing partnership with David Hall expired;  the final accounts of this venture reveal much about the activities of one of the major printing and publishing firms in the colonies.During the summer Franklin accompanied an English friend on a trip through Germany. In what must have been a series of interviews, one scholar drew from him extended information about America, which was later printed in a Hanoverian journal. This report, reprinted here, appears for the first time in a complete English translation.Mr. Labaree is Farnam Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University.

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Franklin's arrival in France caused a sensation. By the time he reached Paris the city was buzzing with rumors: he had come with a small fortune in gold, to put his grandsons in school and then buy himself a Swiss chateau for his retirement; he had come to negotiate a treaty with France or, failing that, with Britain; he had come to sue for peace, just as he had earlier tried to reach a settlement with the Howes. These reports went the rounds of the diplomatic corps. The Parisians were so busy with conjecture, the Russian Minister informed St. Petersburg, that the police posted orders in all the taverns and coffee houses not to discuss American affairs.