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The making of a patriot : Benjamin Franklin at the Cockpit / Sheila L. Skemp.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Skemp, Sheila L.
- Series:
- Critical historical encounters.
- Critical historical encounters
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
- Franklin, Benjamin.
- Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805.
- Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn.
- Royal Cockpit (Whitehall, London, England).
- Statesmen--United States--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- On January 29, 1774, Benjamin Franklin was called to appear before the Privy Council--a select group of the King's advisors--in an octagonal-shaped room in Whitehall Palace known as the Cockpit. Spurred by jeers and applause from the audience in the Cockpit, Solicitor General Alexander Wedderburn unleashed a withering tirade against Franklin. Though Franklin entered the room as a dutiful servant of the British crown, he left as a budding American Revolutionary. In The Making of a Patriot, renowned Franklin historian Sheila Skemp presents a insightful, lively narrative that goes beyond the trad
- Contents:
- The Cockpit
- Present at the Cockpit
- Errata
- Dueling conspiracies
- Civil war.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-992993-9
- 1-280-59454-3
- 9786613624376
- 0-19-993071-6
- OCLC:
- 781708345
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