Franklin Flashcards
(170 cards)
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Franklin born in Boston
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January 6/17, 1706
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Franklin apprenticed a printer to his brother James
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[1718?]
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James Franklin began publication of The New-England Courant
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August 7, 1721
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The first paper of Silence Dogood was published in the New-England Courant
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April 2, 1722
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James Franklin was first arrested and jailed
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June 12, 1722
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James Franklin ordered arrested again
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January 24, 1723
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James Franklin surrendered and gave bond
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February 12, 1723
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James Franklin discharged
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May 7, 1723
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The New-England Courant appears over Franklin’s name
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February 11, 1723
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Franklin ran away from Boston to Philadelphia
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September-October, 1723
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Franklin was hired as a journeyman by Samuel Keimer
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November [?], 1723
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Franklin visited Boston for the first time after running away
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April-May, 1724
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Franklin sailed for London for the first time
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November 5, 1724
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Franklin arrived in London for the first time
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December 24, 1724
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Franklin writes and prints in London A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity
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1725
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Franklin sails from London for Philadelphia after his first stay in London
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July 21, 1726
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The Junto was formed
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1727
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Franklin formed a partnership with Hugh Meredith
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1728
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Samuel Keimer began publication of The Pennsylvania Gazette
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December 24, 1728
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The Busy-Body, No. 1, was published in the American Weekly Mercury
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February 4, 1729
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Franklin’s A Modest Enquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper-Currency was published
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April 3, 1729
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Franklin took over publication of the Pennsylvania Gazette
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October 2, 1729
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Franklin and Meredith were appointed printers to the Pennsylvania Assembly
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January 29, 1730
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Franklin and Meredith’s partnership was dissolved
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July 14, 1730
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Franklin took Deborah Read Rogers to wife
September 1, 1730
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William Franklin born
[1731?]
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Franklin was made a Mason in St. John's Lodge, Philadelphia
February, 1731
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Franklin formed a partnership with Thomas Whitmarsh to run a printing office in Charleston, SC
September 13, 1731
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The first meeting of the Directors of the Library Company was held
November 8, 1731
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Franklin began publication of the Philadelphische Zeitung
May 6, 1732
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Francis Folger Franklin born
October 20, 1732
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First annual Poor Richard's Almanack published
December 19, 1732
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Franklin formed a partnership with Louis Timothee to run a printing office in Charleston, SC, succeeding Thomas Whitmarsh, deceased
November 26, 1733
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Franklin published The Constitutions of the Free-Masons "by special Order, for the Use of the Brethren in North-America."
May 16, 1734
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Franklin was elected Grand Master of Masons of Pennsylvania
June 24, 1734
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Franklin appointed clerk of the Assembly
October 15, 1736
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Francis Folger Franklin died
November 21, 1736
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The Union Fire Company formed
December 7, 1736
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Franklin opened his account as postmaster of Philadelphia
October 5, 1737
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George Whitfield arrived in Philadelphia on first visit
November 2, 1739
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Franklin published the first issue of The General Magazine, and Historical Chronicle
February 16, 1741
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Franklin formed a partnership with James Parker to run a printing office in New York City
February 20, 1742
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Franklin published A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge
May 14, 1743
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Sarah Franklin born
August 31, 1743
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Franklin published An Account of the New Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Places
1744
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Franklin's father Josiah died in Boston
January 16, 1745
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Pieter Van Musschenbroek investigated the properties of the Leyden jar
1746
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Franklin's first mention of his electrical experiments in a letter to Collinson
March 28, 1747
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Franklin and David Hall formed a partnership for printing; Franklin retired from active business thereafter and moved his residence to the corner of Race and Second Streets
January 1, 1748
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First Philadelphia Lottery drawn
February 8, 1748
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Second Philadelphia Lottery drawn
September 10, 1748
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Franklin elected a member of the Philadelphia Common Council
October 4, 1748
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Franklin appointed a justice of the peace in Philadelphia
June 3, 1749
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Franklin appointed Provincial Grand Master of Masons of Pennsylvania by Thomas Oxnard of Boston, Provincial Grand Master of all North America
July 10, 1749
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Franklin elected president of the trustees of the Academy of Philadelphia
November 13, 1749
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Franklin deposed as Provincial Grand Master of Pennsylvania by William Allen, newly appointed from England as Provincial Grand Master, who immediately appointed Franklin Deputy Grand Master
March 13, 1750
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Franklin proposed experiment to prove the identity of lightning and electricity
July 29, 1750
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Academy of Philadelphia formally opened
January 17, 1751
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Franklin's Experiments and Observations on Electricity published in London
April, 1751
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Pennsylvania Hospital chartered
May 11, 1751
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Franklin began publication of Die Hoch Teutsche und Englische Zeitung
August 13, 1751
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Franklin took his seat as member of the Assembly from Philadelphia
August 13, 1751
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Franklin elected alderman of Philadelphia
October 1, 1751
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James Logan died
October 31, 1751
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A French translation of Experiments and Observations published in Paris
February, 1752
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Philadelphia Contributionship founded, with Franklin as president
March 25, 1752
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Abiah Franklin, Franklin's mother, died in Boston
May 8, 1752
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Dalibard performed Franklin's experiment at Marly-la-ville, near Paris, proving the identity of lightning and electricity
May 10, 1752
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Franklin performed the kite experiment
June?, 1752
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Franklin published the kite experiment
October 19, 1752
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Franklin's nephew Benjamin Mecom established in printing office in Antigua
November, 1752
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Supplemental Experiments and Observations published in London
March, 1753
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Franklin received an honorary degree from Harvard College
July 25, 1753
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Franklin appointed joint deputy postmaster general of North America with William Hunter
August 10, 1753
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Franklin received an honorary degree from Yale College
September 12?, 1753
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Franklin attended the Indian conference at Carlisle, PA
September 26 - October 4, 1753
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The Royal Society awarded Franklin the Copley Medal
November 30, 1753
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Franklin and other commissioners left Philadelphia to attend the Albany Congress
June 3, 1754
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The Albany Congress
June 19 - July 11, 1754
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New Experiments and Observations on Electricity, Part III, published in London
September, 1754
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Major General Edward Braddock, commander in chief of British forces in America, landed in Virginia
February 19, 1755
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Washington surrendered to the French at Fort Necessity
July 3, 1754
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Franklin wrote "An Open Letter to Lord North"
April 5, 1774 (published in the Public Advertiser April 15)
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Franklin conferred with Braddock at Federick, MD
April 23, 1755
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Franklin recruited wagons in Lancaster and York to accompany and supply Braddock's expedition against Fort Duquesne
April 26 - May 11?, 1755
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Cornerstone of the Pennsylvania Hospital laid
May 28, 1755
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News of Braddock's defeat reached Philadelphia
July 18, 1755
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Freemason's Hall, the first Masonic building in America, dedicated in Philadelphia
June 24, 1755
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Braddock's army set off on expedition against Fort Duquesne
June 7, 1755
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Franklin elected president of the Managers of the Pennsylvania Hospital
June 30, 1755
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Indians attacked the community at Penn's Creek, bringing the war to the PA frontier settlements
October 16, 1755
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PA Assembly convened in special session to address frontier defense
November 3, 1755
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First Indian attack on the Moravian mission at Gnadenhutten settlement above the Lehigh Gap
November 24, 1755 (news reached Philadelphia on November 26)
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Pennsylvania's first militia law, drafted by Franklin, was enacted
November 25, 1755
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Franklin and two other commissioners went on mission to Bethlehem and Easton to organize the defense of Northampton County
December 18-31, 1755
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Franklin and the other two commissioners went to Reading to confer with Governor Morris
January 1, 1756
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Second Indian attack on Gnadenhutten
January 1, 1756 (news reached reading on January 3)
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Franklin commissioned to command forces in Northampton County
January 5, 1756
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Franklin worked in Bethlehem and Gnadenhutten arranging defenses and building forts on the frontier
January 7 - February 5, 1756
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John Franklin, Franklin's brother, died in Boston
January 20, 1756
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Franklin commissioned colonel of the Philadelphia City Regiment of Militia
February 24, 1756
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Franklin travelled to Virginia on post office business
March 19 - May 10?, 1756
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Franklin made a burgess and freeman of the Borough of Norfolk
April 10, 1756
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The College of William and Mary conferred and honorary A.M. degree on Franklin
April 20, 1756
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Franklin elected a fellow of the Royal Society
April 29, 1756
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Richard Peters replaced Franklin as president of the Trustees of the Academy and College
May 11, 1756
107
Franklin travelled to New York to meet with Lord Loudon and others to confer on defense matters
June 20? - July 28, 1756
108
The Early of Loudon, commander-in-chief of British forces in America, landed in New York
July 23, 1756
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French forces captured Oswego
August 14, 1756
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William Denny took office as governor of Pennsylvania
August 20, 1756
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Franklin accompanied Governor Denny on an inspection trip to the Susquehanna Valley
October 2-14, 1756
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Disallowance of Militia Act announced in Philadelphia, voiding Franklin's commission as colonel.
October 15, 1756
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Franklin attended the Indian conference at Easton
November 5-18, 1756
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Franklin appointed PA Assembly agent in England
February 3, 1757
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Franklin and William left Philadelphia for New York to embark for England
April 4, 1757
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Franklin and William sailed for England
June 20, 1757
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Franklin and William arrived in Falmouth, England
July 17, 1757
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Franklin finished writing the preface to Poor Richard improved for 1758, "Father Abraham's Speech", later known in shortened form as "The Way to Wealth"
July 7, 1757
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Franklin and William traveled from Falmouth to London
July 17-26, 1757
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Franklin and William took lodgings at No. 7 Craven Street, with Mrs. Margaret Stevenson
July 30, 1757
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Franklin had first conferences with Thomas and Richard Penn; submitted Heads of Complaint
August 13-20, 1757
122
Franklin attended a meeting of the Society of Arts for the first time
September 7, 1757
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Franklin, seriously ill, attended by Dr. John Fothergill
September-October, 1757
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Franklin resumed conferences with Thomas Penn
November 14, 1757
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Franklin attended a meeting of the Royal Society, signed obligation, and was formally admitted as a fellow
November 24, 1757
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Franklin appeared before the Board of Trade for the first time
December 21, 1757
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Franklin conferred with Proprietors on Indian trade bill and acquired a "cordial and thorough Contempt" for Thomas Penn
January 12, 1758
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Franklin conferred with Proprietors on new supply bill
January 27, 1758
129
Franklin defended the Pennsylvania Acts at the Board of Trade
May 10, 1758
130
Franklin spent a week at Cambridge; performed evaporation experiments with John Hadley, professor of Chemistry
May 23?-30?, 1758
131
Franklin and William traveled through the English Midlands, visiting their ancestral homes at Ecton and Banbury and Deborah's at Birmingham, collecting genealogical material on both families
July 1?-25?, 1758
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Franklin and William at the fashionable resort of Tunbridge Wells
August 15?-30?, 1758
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Franklin and William traveled with Richard Jackson in Suffolk and Norfolk
October, 1758
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British forces under General John Forbes took Fort Duquesne
November 25, 1758
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Proprietors answered Franklin's Heads of Complaint, conceded limited taxation of their estates
November 27, 1758
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Franklin had final interview with the Penns' agent, Ferdinand J. Paris
December 1-7, 1758
137
University of St. Andrews awarded Franklin honorary degree of Doctor of Laws
February 12, 1759
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Franklin sponsored the publication of Charles Thomson's An Enquiry into the Causes of the Alienation of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians from the British Interest
March 1?, 1759
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Franklin petitioned for Pennsylvania's share of 200,000 pounds voted by Parliament for war expenses
April 30, 1759
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Franklin attended Board of Trade hearing on his "Teedyuscung Petition" of February 2
May 15, 1759
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Franklin attended Board of Trade hearing on Pennsylvania Indian Trade Act
May 29?, 1759
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Privy Council declared PA Assembly's proceedings against William Smith unwarrantable
June 26, 1759
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William Smith's petition against the PA Assembly laid before the King in Council
April 1, 1758
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Franklin managed the defense of the PA Assembly at hearings before the law officers of the Crown on William Smith's petition
April 20, 27, 1758
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Franklin and William traveled in the north of England and in Scotland
August 8? - November 2?, 1759
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Franklin admitted burgess and guild brother of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and St. Andrews
Sept. 15, Sept. 19, and Oct. 2, 1759
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An Order in Council appointed Sir William Johnson to investigate the complaints of the Delaware Indians
August 29, 1759
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Decisive British victory at the Plains of Abraham
September 13, 1759
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Quebec surrendered to the British
September 18, 1759
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Franklin authorized to receive PA's share of the Parliamentary grant of 200,000 pounds
September 29, 1759
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Franklin elected a member (and subsequently chairman) of the Associates of Dr. Bray
January 2, 1760
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Franklin presented the Pennsylvania Agency Act to the Privy Council
February 16, 1760
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The Penns' agent presented to the Privy Council eighteen PA acts of 1758-59, they opposing ten, in addition to the Agency Act
March 13, 1760
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Franklin published The Interest of Great Britain Considered
April 15-17, 1760
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Hearings before the Board of Trade on the PA acts
May 21-23, June 3, 1760
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The Board of Trade reported on the nineteen PA acts, recommending the disallowance of seven, including the Supply Act of 1759, which taxes the proprietary estates
June 24, 1760
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Franklin and Robert Charles petitioned the King in Council for a hearing on the Board of Trade report on the PA acts
July 4, 1760
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Hearing before the Privy Council Committee in which the Supply Act is severely criticized but allowed to stand after Franklin and Robert Charles sign a pledge that amendments will be made and the Assembly will henceforth tax the Proprietors equitably; six other acts recommended for disallowance.
August 27-28, 1760
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Order in Council putting into effect the Privy Council Committee's recommendations concerning the PA acts
September 2, 1760
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General Amherst received the surrender of French forces at Montreal, completing the conquest of Canada
September 7, 1760
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Franklin and William toured the west of England and part of Wales
September 17? - November 1?, 1760
162
George II died and was succeeded by George III
October 25, 1760
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Franklin received from the Exchequer and deposited in the Bank of England PA's share of the parliamentary grant for colonial expenditures in the campaign of 1758
November 4, 1760
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Franklin elected co-chairman of the Society of Arts' Committee of Colonies and Trade
December 3, 1760
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Franklin made his first purchase of stock for the investment of PA's share of the parliamentary grant
December 18, 1760
166
Abortive peace negotiations to end the Seven Years War conducted in London and Paris
June-September, 1761
167
Franklin, William, and Richard Jackson tour the Austrian Netherlands and the Dutch Republic, returning to London in time for the coronation of George III
August 15? - September 20?, 1761
168
Coronation of George III
September 22, 1761
169
William Pitt resigned as secretary of state
October 5, 1761
170
Franklin began sales of PA stock, at substantial loss, in order to pay bills of exchange drawn on him by the trustees of the Loan Office
November 26, 1761
