1771/05/15
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
to Samuel Adams, et al. re: British policy & the potential loss of the colonies
"History shows that by these Steps great Empires have crumbled heretofore; and the late Transactions we have so much Cause to complain of, show that we are in the same Train, and that without a greater Share of Prudence and Wisdom than we seem on...
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