Author: Pennsylvania. General AssemblyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 3
Book Description
Selection of Benjamin Franklin as agent for the colony; Oct. 26, 1764
Author: Pennsylvania. General AssemblyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 3
Book Description
Benjamin Franklin, Colonial Agent
Author: Dorothea Mae LynchDefining America in the Radical 1760s
Author: Jude M. PfisterPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476679746
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The 1760s were a period of great agitation in the American colonies. The policies implemented by the British resulted in an outcry from the Americans that inaugurated the radical ideas leading to the Revolution in 1775. John Dickinson led the way in the "war of ink" between America and Britain, which saw over 1,000 pamphlets and essays written both for and against British policy. King George III, the new British monarch, wrote extensively on the role of Britain in the colonial world and sought to find a middle way between the quickly rising feelings on both sides of the debate. This book tells the story of this radical decade as it occurred in writing, drawing from primary sources and rarely seen exchanges.
The Devious Dr. Franklin, Colonial Agent
Author: David T. MorganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Devious Dr. Franklin focuses on Benjamin Franklin's fifteen-and-a-half-year career as a colonial agent in London, first for Pennsylvania and then for Pennsylvania, Georgia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. During his years in London, Franklin became a seasoned lobbyist and gained the experience that enabled him to become America's first diplomat. But as a colonial agent he revealed himself to be a devious man who kept everyone guessing as to his true intentions. All of the acclaimed doctor's character flaws were clearly exhibited by him during the years he served in London as colonial agent. This is the only part of Franklin's career that has not been the focal point of an in-depth examination by historians. In this ground-breaking study, Morgan demonstrates that Benjamin Franklin knew well the value of a good public image and that the Doctor worked diligently to create and promote a favorable image, with both his contemporaries and posterity in mind.
Appointment of Benjamin Franklin as agent for Pennsylvania; Oct. 18, 1760
Author: Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Governor (1748-1754 : Hamilton)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 3
Book Description
Payment by Benjamin Franklin as agent for the colony; Nov. 3, 1755-Sept. 29, 1775
Author: PennsylvaniaBenjamin Franklin's Vision of American Community
Author: Lester C. OlsonPublisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570035258
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
"Olson contends that attention to the visual images created in each of these roles dramatizes fundamental changes in Franklin's sensibility concerning British America. In 1754 Franklin was an American Whig supporter of the British Empire's constitutional monarchy. During the late 1750s and early 1760s he veered toward increasing the power of the Crown over Pennsylvania by changing the colony's form of government before ultimately rejecting constitutional monarchy and advocating republican politics during the 1770s and 1780s. The shifts in Franklin's fundamental political commitments are among the most arresting aspects of his life. Benjamin Franklin's Vision of American Community highlights these changes as it examines his pictorial representations of British America through several decades."--BOOK JACKET.
The Devious Dr. Franklin, Colonial Agent
Author: David T. MorganPublisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 9780865546745
Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The Writings of John Dickinson
Author: John DickinsonPublisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1429016388
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Author: Pennsylvania