 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...  1774-1780.- - Page 63by Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1858Full view - About this book
 | Anna Maria Hall - 842 pages
...destruction. You hnve begun to bum our towns and murder our people. Look upon your hands! They arc stained with the blood of your relations! You and...long friends: you are now my enemy, and I am yours, B. FIUNKLIN." The two following letters will show that Fraiiklin had unconsciously imbibed, like many... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1853 - 410 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...; 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 at this... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1853 - 522 pages
...afterwards: Philad., July 5, 1775. MB. SniAnAjf: You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. You have...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,... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1854 - 424 pages
...a former friend in London. " Mr. Strahan : You are a Member of Parliament and one of "that majority which has doomed my country to 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.... | |
 | American periodicals - 1855 - 594 pages
...— LITERARY MISCELLANIES. "Mr. Strahan : You are s Member of Parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. You have...long friends; you are now my enemy and I am Yours, B. FBAXKLIM." Тпк chair of the practice of medicine in the University of Edinburgh is at present... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1855 - 902 pages
...nineteen shillings. It ran : " Mr. Strahan — You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. You have...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... | |
 | William O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1124 pages
...PHILADELPHIA, 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...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... | |
 | Willis's Current notes - 1856 - 110 pages
...avowal. Philadelphia, July 5, 1775. Mr. Stiahan, — You are a member of Parliament, and of that Majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction. You 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... | |
 | George Willis - 1856 - 112 pages
...characteristic and manly avowal. Mr. Strahan,—Yon are a member of Parliament, and of that Majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction. You have begun to burn our Towns, and murder our People.—1xiok upon your hands !—They are stained with the blood of your Itehttions !—You and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Horatio Hastings Weld - 1856 - 584 pages
...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 friends; you are now my enemy, and I am yours, " B. FRANKLIN." This letter, which was published in the London papers soon after its receipt, was the... | |
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