...Franklin's famous letter to his friend Strahan the printer : " Mr STRAHAN, Philado. July 5, 1775. " You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that majority...Friends. — You are now my Enemy, and I am, Yours, B. FRANKLIN." A large proportion of the above eleven lots was reserved for the Second Series by Temple...

...Franklin's famous letter to his friend Strahan the printer : " Mr STRAHAN, Philada. July 6, 1775. " You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that majority...Friends. — You are now my Enemy, and I am, Yours, B. FRASKLIN." 160L A large proportion of the above eleven lot* was reserved for the Second Series by...

...following letter is in the P'ranklin Collection made by Mr. Stevens : Philad* July 5. 1775. Mr. Strahan, You are a Member of Parliament and one of that Majority...Destruction. — You have begun to burn our Towns and murder cur People. — Look upon your Hands ! — They are stained with the blood of your Relations ! —...

...his old friends, a member of the British Parliament: " PHILADELPHIA, July 5, 1775. " Mr. Strahan — You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority...Towns and murder our People. — Look upon your Hands 1 — They are stained with the blood of your Relation ! — You and I were long friends : — You...

...his old friends, a member of the British Parliament: " PHILADELPHIA, July 5, 1775. " Mr. Strahan — You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority which has doomed my Countrv to Destruction. — You have begun to burn our Towns and murder our People. — ITook upon...

...sexton toll'd the bell.— flood. Mil. STRAIIAN, — You are a member of Parliament, and one of the majority which has doomed my country to destruction....long friends. You are now my enemy, and I am Yours, B. FRANKLIN. the queerness or singularity of the imagery they employ. AVhen Gurrau fought his duel...

...The sexton toll'd the bell.— .Hood. MB. STBAHAN, — You are a member of Parliament, and one of the majority which has doomed my country to destruction....were long friends. You are now my enemy, and I am Tours, B. FRANKLIN. the queerness or singularity of the imagery they employ. When Curran fought his...

...The sexton toll'd the bell.— Hood. MR. STRAHAN, — You are a member of Parliament, and one of the majority which has doomed my country to destruction....stained with the blood of your relations! You and 1 were long friends. You are now ray enemy, and I am Yours, B. FRANKLIN. Witticisms not distinctively...

...Basset. He was for years the correspondent of Franklin. It was to him that Franklin wrote in 1775 : " You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority...Friends. You are now my enemy — and I am "Yours, " B. FBANKLIN." It has been supposed that this letter was intended to end the long friendship of which...

...Englishman, a printer, who had been one of his oldest and best friends in London : — " MR. STRAHAN : You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority...long friends ; you are now my enemy, and I am yours." To others he wrote in a different strain. Many patriots were uncertain how the contest would end, and...