| Anna Maria Hall - 842 pages
...in Parliament of Lord North's measures. "Philadelphia, July 5, 1775. " MB. STRAIT \X, — You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. You hnve begun to bum our towns and murder our people. Look upon your hands! They arc stained with the... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1851 - 572 pages
...this Petition to the King he wrote as follows to a former friend in London. " Mr. Strahan : You are a Member of " Parliament and one of that majority which...friends ; you are now my enemy, and I am " Yours, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN." * The Petition to the King was by no means the only document which the Congress... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1853 - 410 pages
...Petition to the King he wrote as follows to a former friend in London. " Mr. Strahan : <* You are a Member of Parliament and one of that ma"jority which..." friends ; you are now my enemy, and I am Yours, " BENJAMIN FKANKLIN." t The Petition to the King was by no means the only document which the Congress... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1853 - 522 pages
...to Strahan, written some eighteen years afterwards: Philad., July 5, 1775. MB. SniAnAjf: You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that majority which...long friends, — you are now my enemy ; and I am After the independence of the Colonies, the friendly intercourse of Franklin with Strahan was renewed,... | |
| Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 426 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 - 1854 - 424 pages
...this Petition to the King he wrote as follows to a former friend in London. " Mr. Strahan : You are a Member of Parliament and one of "that majority which...destruc"tion. You have begun to burn our towns and murder our • See the American Archives, especially two letters dated June 20. 1776 (vol. ii. p. J033.). 1775.... | |
| Conduct of life - 1855 - 902 pages
...from Benjamin Franklin brought one pound and nineteen shillings. It ran : " Mr. Strahan — You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority which...They are stained with the blood of your relations I You and I were long friends ; you are now my enemy, and I am Yours, B. FRANKLIN. TUB Perth Courier... | |
| W. O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1016 pages
...England, Mr. Strahan, the king's printer : — 4 PHILADELPHIA, July 5, 1775. í Mr. STRAHAN :— You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority which...murder our people. Look upon your hands ! They are signed with the blood of your relations. You and I were long friends : — you are now my enemy, and... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, Horatio Hastings Weld - 1856 - 584 pages
...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 which...destruction. You have 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... | |
| Willis's Current notes - 1856 - 110 pages
...and manly avowal. Philadelphia, July 5, 1775. Mr. Stiahan, — You are a member of Parliament, and of that Majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction....have begun to burn our Towns, and murder our People. — Ixjok upon your hands ! — They are stained with the blood of your delations ! — You and I were... | |
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