| James Freeman Clarke - 1886 - 488 Seiten
...Government toward the colonies. It ran thus : — PHILADELPHIA, July 5, 1775. Mr. STRAHAN, — Sir : You are a member of Parliament, and one of that Majority...your Hands. They are stained with the Blood of your Relatives. You and I were long Friends. You are now my Enemy, and I am Yours, B. FRANKLIN. There is... | |
| James Freeman Clarke - 1886 - 476 Seiten
...thus : — PHILADELPHIA, July 5, 1775. Mr. STRAHAN, — Sir: You are a member of Parliament, and oue of that Majority which has doomed my country to Destruction....your Hands. They are stained with the Blood of your Relatives. You and I were long Friends. You are now my Enemy, and I am Yours, B. FRANKLIN. There is... | |
| Joseph Henry Allen - 1887 - 608 Seiten
...spirit : — PHILADELPHIA, July 5, 1775. Mn. STRAITAM : Sir,— Yon are a member of Parliament, ami one of that Majority which has doomed my country to...Towns and murder our People. Look upon your Hands. Thry are stained of your Relatives. You and I were long Friends. You are now my Kueiny, anil I am yours.... | |
| William Stebbing - 1887 - 432 Seiten
...written while fresh from England, in 1775, to his old friend, William Strahan, the King's printer : " Mr. Strahan, you are a Member of Parliament, and one...country to destruction. You have begun to burn our homes and murder our people. Look at your hands ; they are stained with the blood of your relations.... | |
| 1888 - 536 Seiten
...the letter several years ago among a lot of waste paper. It reads as follows : PHILADELPHIA, July 5, 1775. Mr. Strahan. You are a member of Parliament,...country to destruction. You have begun to burn our town and murder our people. Look upon your hands. They are stained with the blood of your relations.... | |
| United States. Bureau of Rolls and Library - 1894 - 702 Seiten
...facsimile) of Franklin's famous letter to Strahan. Bound in red morocco by Pratt. 1'hilad" July 5, 1775 Mr Strahan, You are a Member of Parliament, and...have begun to burn our Towns, and murder our People. — Ixx>k upon your Hands! — They arc your stained with the lilood of Relations! — You and I were... | |
| Edmund Fillingham King - 1894 - 712 Seiten
...letter, written in the actual heat of the first outbreak. Philadelphia, July a, 1775. Mr. STKAHAN, — You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority...have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. Luuk upon your hands They are stained with the blood of your relations ! You and I were long friends... | |
| United States. Department of State. Bureau of Rolls and Library - 1894 - 840 Seiten
...of Franklin's famous letter to Strahan. Bound in red morocco by Pratt. riiila<l:i July 5, 1775 M ' Strahan, You are a Member of Parliament, and one of...has doomed my Country to Destruction. — You have bcyun to burn our Towns, and murder our People.— Ixx>k upon your Hands! — They arc your stained... | |
| Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1897 - 422 Seiten
...assemble for drill after the dismissal of school. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, NH McLEAN. Mr. STRAHAN, — You are a member of Parliament, and...which has doomed my country to destruction. You have bogun to burn our towns and murder our people. Look upon your hands, they are stained with the blood... | |
| John Winslow - 1897 - 56 Seiten
...of "murder" in a letter to his friend, Wm. Strahan, dated at Philadelphia, July 5th, 1775, saying: "You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. You begun to burn our towns and murder our people. Look upon your hands ; they are stained with the blood... | |
| |