True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 72
ithful services. When William Penn died, his sons inherited this large amount of land, and they claimed that they should on it and refused to do thought they ought to and so did Franklin, to London to plead the against the sons of Wil- result was the taxes like everybody came home more hon- He had… … INDEPENDENCE HALL, PHILADELPHIA. years after this the English people undertook a very greatinjustice to the American Colonies. Always before this, whej? 74 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN the King wanted money from the colonists, he had asked forit by his Privy Council and they had sent it freely. Duringthe…
