. The uplift [serial] . t of Pennsylvania:iEngland; part of the time, also, forMassachusetts, New Jersy and Geor-gia. In 1773, acting as the agentfor the political leaders in Massa- •chusetts, he sent over to them thecorrespondence of Hutchinson, Oliverand other Massachusetts loyaltistswith a confidant of the British Min-istry. The publication of the letteraroused great excitement in the col-onies, and brought down upon Frank-lin violent abuse on the part of theministerialists, and dismissal fromhis office of post-master 1775, seeing that reconciliationwas impossible, he returned to
. The uplift [serial] . t of Pennsylvania:iEngland; part of the time, also, forMassachusetts, New Jersy and Geor-gia. In 1773, acting as the agentfor the political leaders in Massa- •chusetts, he sent over to them thecorrespondence of Hutchinson, Oliverand other Massachusetts loyaltistswith a confidant of the British Min-istry. The publication of the letteraroused great excitement in the col-onies, and brought down upon Frank-lin violent abuse on the part of theministerialists, and dismissal fromhis office of post-master 1775, seeing that reconciliationwas impossible, he returned to Penn-sylvania, and was at once chosen ftdelegate to the Continental 1776 he was one of the committee-of five who drew up the Declarationof Independence, and in the autumnwas sent to join Arthur Lee andSilas Deane in the mission to Paris he was received with greatenthusiasm. He succeeded in obtain-ing from the French Government:not only the treaty of 17,8, but,large sums of money supplied in sec-. Benjamin Franklin, who died April17, 1790, was regarded one of themost eminent American statesmen,philosophers and writers. Born inBoston, the son of a tallow-chandlerand soap-boiler. He was apprenticedto his elder brother, a printer, anddeveloped an .eager fondness forbooks and writing. At seventeen heran away to Philadelphia, where, in1729, he established a public spirit, his talents as awriter and the fame of his scientificdiscoveries advanced him in promi-nence. In 1753 he was appointeddeputy post-master general of the tif .wan A\ajp aq sb puy £T jai^ojq STt[ ;q2nos ;nq xb aq;jjoo; puB rmq U1013 patun; paqsT! guiaq pun iA8q 30 ajjnqaj aq;paAaiiS s-ba uaqnag puy -gl ,,-aaira aaq; puaj! x puB noq; trety .ia;iaq aq H™-nq .;i pajisap I uaqAV xb aniq;pna[ ;ou ;sappioAV noqx,, 2uis rmq lAa^ puy ol,-XBauiq; asq; Aiud J, am pu3]issaoau Am pu« sso[ Am ;k3aiou?i[; .iaqiruq ak,, unq °lurl PI133! lAai o;un aq ;uaiv uaqx II (<-antui aa
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