The Devious Dr. Franklin, Colonial Agent: Benjamin Franklin's Years in London |
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Contents
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An Uneasy Compromise | 45 |
Franklins Return to Philadelphia | 67 |
The Futile Quest for Royal Government and the Furor over the Stamp Act | 91 |
Another Crisis Another Agency | 121 |
The Making of an American Radical | 149 |
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Page 19 - Bulk often fail suddenly: I know that according to the Course of Nature I cannot at most continue much longer, and that the living even of another Day is uncertain. I therefore now form no Schemes, but such as are of immediate Execution; indulging myself in no future Prospect except one, that of returning to Philadelphia, there to spend the Evening of Life with my Friends and Family.