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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register	2	2	Browse	Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.)	1	1	Browse	Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 6: Franklin (search)

of the province replaced by a royal charter. In support of this movement he published in 1764 his Cool thoughts on the Present Situation of our Public Affairs and his Preface to the speech of Joseph Galloway, a brilliant and blasting indictment of the proprietors, Thomas and Richard Penn. In the fall of 1764 Franklin was sent again to England by the Assembly to petition for a royal charter and to express the Assembly's views with regard to Grenville's Stamp Act, then impending. On 1 July, 1765, after the obnoxious measure had been passed by an overwhelming majority, Franklin wrote to Charles Thomson: Depend upon it, my good neighbour, I took every step in my power to prevent the passing of the Stamp Act. . . . But the Tide war. too strong against us. The nation was provoked by American Claims of Independence, and all Parties joined in resolving by this act to settle the point. We might as well have hindered the sun's setting. This letter and one or two others of abou

Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)

tinguishing his light, some of the family entered his apartment, and found him sitting in his chair partly undressed, apparently having been dead some considerable time. Bradbury's Hist. Kennebunk Port. 8. Ebenezer, s. of John (4), m. Mary, dau. of Joseph Mason of Watertown, 7 Ap. 1737, and had Thomas, b. 14 Aug. 1740; Elizabeth. Ebenezer the f. d. 11 Ap. 1742, a. 28. 9. Thomas, s. of Ebenezer (8), m. Elizabeth Brown 21 Ap. 1763, and had in Camb. Josiah, b. 24 Dec. 1763; Mary, b. 1 July 1765, m. Benjamin Hammond, and d. 19 Dec. 1846; in Roxbury, Thomas, b. 18 Aug. 1766; James, b. 8 Feb. 1768; in Lunenburg, Ebenezer, b. 8 June 1769; Phineas Brown, b. 1 Nov. 1770; Elizabeth, b. 4 July 1772, m. John Royal Barlow 6 Sept. 1792, and d. 30 Sept. 1850; Stephen, b. 23 June 1774, fell from mast-head and was killed 25 Dec. 1796; in Cambridge, Washington, b. 26 Aug. 1777, supposed to have perished in the Richmond Theatre conflagration 1811; another account says I lost at sea; Eleanor Dan

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