Papers, 1682-1783.

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Papers, 1682-1783.

Miscellaneous papers reflecting activities of the assembly under the proprietary government: drafts of minutes and acts of assembly, 1701, 1706-1707, 1711-1712, 1715, 1717, 1720; attorney general's report on legislation, 1700, 1701; several items concerning Benjamin Franklin's anti-British activities.

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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

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Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1706] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States postmaster general. As a scientist, he was a major figure in ...

Pennsylvania Assembly.

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