The answer of His Excellency William Franklin, Esq; governor of His Majesty's province of New-Jersey, to the invidious charges of the Proprietary party, contained in a libel, read by Mr. James Biddle, clerk of the Common Pleas for the county of Philadelphia, on Saturday last, and afterwards published and industriously dispersed through the province.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franklin, William, 1731-1813, author.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 9973.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franklin, William, 1731-1813.

Franklin, William.

New Jersey. Governor (1763-1776 : Franklin).

New Jersey.

Great Britain. Stamp Act (1765).

Great Britain.

Stamp Act (Great Britain : 1765).

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes.

United States.

History.

Genre:

Broadsides.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page))

Other Title:

Answer of His Excellency William Franklin, Esq; ...

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia]: [Printed by B. Franklin, and D. Hall.], [1765]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Refuting charges that Franklin prevented the New Jersey Assembly from sending commissioners to the Stamp Act Congress, and denying that his father, Benjamin Franklin, helped plan and promote the Stamp Act.

Signed: William Franklin. Burlington, New-Jersey, October 1, 1765.

Ascribed to the press of Franklin and Hall by Miller.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 9973).

Cited in:

Evans 9973

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2125

Miller, C.W. Franklin, 837

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