. A history of Pennsylvania. 98 HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA that gave Pennsylvania a peaceful frontier from 1682 to 1755-Fort Duquesne.—The English, recognizing the importance of the place, had in 1753 erected a small fort or stockade near the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. The French, also perfectly aware of the advantages of the spot, not long after drove the English away, and erected a fort there which they called Fort Duquesne. Benjamin Franklin printed an account of this incident, and at the end added his famous design of a rattlesnake cut into pieces with the motto Join or
. A history of Pennsylvania. 98 HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA that gave Pennsylvania a peaceful frontier from 1682 to 1755-Fort Duquesne.—The English, recognizing the importance of the place, had in 1753 erected a small fort or stockade near the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. The French, also perfectly aware of the advantages of the spot, not long after drove the English away, and erected a fort there which they called Fort Duquesne. Benjamin Franklin printed an account of this incident, and at the end added his famous design of a rattlesnake cut into pieces with the motto Join or die, this being a graphic way of urging the colonies to unite for their common interests.^ ^ This device was used several times in the history of the Device Printed in FranklinsPennsylvania Gazette, 1754 CHAPTER X COLONIAL WARS Death of James Logan, 1751. — In 1751 James Logan,the most respected man in Pennsylvania, who had retiredfrom active Hfe some years before, died at the age of eighty-seven. He left to the city his valuable library of about threethousand volumes. It is now under the care of the LibraryCompany of Philadelphia. His handsome residence, ^Sten-ton (built in 1728), still attests his style of living and excel-lent taste. He was always a warm friend of the Indians,and many conferences and entertainments were held in thegrounds around his house. The Assembly and Proprietaries. — The Assembly and thegovernor continued to have many disputes. The Assemblyadvocated a larger issue of paper money, but the governor,privately instructed by the proprietaries, vetoed all billsproviding for issues of paper currency. Again, the proprie-taries claimed that the governor should have a voice indisbursing all money raised. This cl
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