Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 8: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters Official and Private Not Hitherto Published (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 8: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters Official and Private Not Hitherto Published

Wilkes was prosecuted for publishing a libel against the government in a paper, called the Nortn Briton. Parliament ordered No. 45 of that paper, in which the libel was contained, to be burnt by the hands of the com mon hangman. Hence the partiality of the populace for that number. - eu.

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