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CHAPTER XXV 



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FOTHERGILL AND FRANKLIN, 1757 TO 1774- REVOLT OF 



THE AMERICAN PROVINCES . . . . 314 



Franklin comes to England, 1757 Friendship with Fothergill 

 Comparison of the two men Letter from Franklin, 1764 

 Dispute with the proprietary Penns Franklin in England again 

 The Whig Club The Stamp Act, 1765 Fothergill's pamphlet 

 on the American colonies His account of Franklin's examination 

 before Parliament, 1766 Repeal of the Act Franklin's position 

 and influence More taxes Trouble at Boston, 1770 Franklin's 

 use of private letters, 1773 Wedderburn's invective Fother- 

 gill's indignant words on the situation, 1774. 



CHAPTER XXVI 

 THE CONCILIATION PROPOSALS, 1774, 1775 323 



Franklin in London Policy of Lord North The votes in 

 Parliament George III. The pro- American party John 

 Wesley Lord Chatham North's real character Lord Dart- 

 mouth Could nothing more be done ? A chess party Lord 

 Hyde and David Barclay Franklin approached A triumvirate 

 in Fothergill's study An earnest conference " Hints for Con- 

 versation " under seventeen heads A tactful compromise 

 Franklin's generosity The paper goes to the Cabinet Lord 

 Howe's efforts Fothergill writes to Pemberton Chatham's 

 motion A Cabinet meeting Lord Sandwich denounces Franklin 

 "Remarks on Hints" Franklin's indignation Fothergill 

 writes to Dartmouth : failure of the negotiation He urges Repeal 

 of the Acts Barclay's new " Plan " The Ministry acts : coercion, 

 then conciliation Last conference with Franklin Fothergill's 

 despair of British liberty Character of conciliation effort. 



CHAPTER XXVII 



THE EARLY YEARS OF THE WAR OF SEPARATION, 1775 TO 



1777 . 338 



Franklin's departure His Voyage Lexington and Bunker's 

 Hill Quaker appeal to the King, headed by Fothergill 

 Position of Friends in the colonies No part in " Commotions " 

 John Dickinson and legal methods Fothergill remonstrates with 

 the Pennsylvanian Friends Rachel Wilson The "Olive Branch" 

 Indians in the war Fothergill's fresh effort, Oct. 1775 

 Willing to go to America as a mediator Barclay's news from the 

 Front Indignant letter to Hyde, 1776 Lord Howe sent out 

 Hopes of Peace Declaration of Independence No Quaker 



