 | John Thomson Faris - 1918 - 416 Seiten
...London, whom he had been accustomed to address affectionately as "Straney." This famous letter read: "Mr. Strahan, "You are a member of Parliament, and...doomed my Country to Destruction. You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our People. Look upon your hands ! They are stained with the Blood of your... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards - 1920 - 424 Seiten
...before him, and he shall rule over his brethren." [1774.] TO WILLIAM STRAHAN1 Philada July 5, 1775 Mr. Strahan, You are a Member of Parliament, and one...doomed my Country to Destruction. — You have begun to burn our Towns, and murder our People. — Look upon your Hands ! They are stained with the Blood of... | |
 | James Albert Woodburn, Thomas Francis Moran - 1922 - 336 Seiten
...was signed, Franklin wrote the following letter to William Strahan, who had been his intimate friend: MR. STRAHAN. — You are a member of Parliament, and...doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to burn our towns and murder our people. Look upon your hands; they are stained with the blood of your... | |
 | John Louis Haney - 1923 - 484 Seiten
...elegy. He was nearly seventy when he wrote, but did not forward, his famous letter to William Strahan: MR. STRAHAN, You are a member of Parliament, and one...doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to burn our towns and murder our people. Look upon your hands, they are stained with the blood of your... | |
 | Emma Lilian Dana - 1923 - 232 Seiten
...never seen. Within a few weeks after his return, he wrote to a former friend in England this letter: "Mr. Strahan,— You are a Member of Parliament, and...doomed my Country to Destruction. — You have begun to burn our Towns and Murder our people. — Look upon your Hands ; they are stained with the Blood of... | |
 | New Jersey Historical Society - 1926 - 674 Seiten
...the person to whom it is addressed. We are privileged to quote it as follows: "Philada, July 5, 1775. "MR. STRAHAN : You are a Member of Parliament, and...doomed my country to destruction. "You have begun to burn our towns and murder our people. Look upon your hands ! They are stained with the blood of your... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1927 - 298 Seiten
...thought could not well be the case with this article. XV TO MR. STRAHAN x PHILADELBIA, 5 July, 1775 MR. STRAHAN : — You are a member of Parliament,...doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. Look upon your hands; they are stained with the blood of your... | |
 | 1840 - 708 Seiten
...at a loss to conceive. Franklin, we think, was incapable of such a pleasantry, and at such a time. "MR. STRAHAN, " You are a member of Parliament, and...doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. Look upon your hands, they are stained with the blood of your... | |
 | A. J. Langguth - 1989 - 644 Seiten
...drafted a short note to one of his closest friends in London, the publisher William Straham: MR. STRAHAM, You are a member of Parliament and one of that majority...doomed my country to destruction. You have begun to burn our towns and murder our people. Look upon your hands! They are stained with the blood of your... | |
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You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction. — You have begun to burn our Towns, and murder our People. — Look upon your Hands ! — They are stained with the Blood of your Relations ! You and... 
