AL, 1770 Mar. 21, London, Eng., to Joseph Galloway.

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AL, 1770 Mar. 21, London, Eng., to Joseph Galloway.

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Franklin, acting as agent in London for several colonies including Pennsylvania, writes to Galloway as Chairman of the Pennsylvania Assembly's committee to correspond with the London agent. He analyzes the attitude of the British Parliament and Cabinet toward the American colonies' Non-importation agreement, urges the colonies to hold fast to the agreement, and encourages the development of local manufactures.

1 item (4 p.) bound ; 24 cm.

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Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803

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Joseph Galloway (1731—August 10, 1803) was an American Founding Father and politician who signed the 1774 Continental Association. He became a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War, after serving as delegate to the First Continental Congress from Pennsylvania. For much of his career in Pennsylvania politics, he was a close ally of Benjamin Franklin, and he became a leading figure in the colony. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, Galloway was a moderate and proposed a Plan of Uni...

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 ...