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1 761. Visited Belgium and Holland. 

 ^ 1762. The University of Oxford conferred upon him the degree of 

 D. C. L. on April 30. 

 Returned to America and arrived at Philadelphia, November i. 



1763. Made a tour of the Northern Colonies inspecting and regulat- 



ing the post offices. 



1764. Elected Speaker of the Assembly of Pennsylvania, in May. 

 Again sent to England as the Agent of the Province of Penn- 

 sylvania. Left Philadelphia, November 7. 



1765. Opposed the passage of the Stamp Act. 



1766. Examined in the House of Commons relative to the repeal of 



the Stamp Act — February. 

 Went to Germany June 15, returned August 13. 



1767. Visited Paris August 28, returned October 8. 



1768. Appointed Agent in England of the Colony of Georgia, April i. 



— 1769. Elected President of the American Philosophical Society. 



Visited Paris July 14, returned August 24. 

 Appointed Agent in England for the Colony of New Jersey, 

 November 8. 



1770. Appointed Agent in England for the Colony of Massachusetts. 



1 77 1. Made a tour of Scotland and Ireland. 



— 1772. Elected one of the eight foreign members of the Royal Academy 



of Sciences, of Paris. 



1773. A French translation of his " Experiments in Electricity " edited 



by Dubourg, in 2 vols., 4 to., was published at Paris. 



1774. Examined before the Privy Council on the petition of the 



Massachusetts Assembly for the removal of Gov. Hutchinson. 

 Dismissed by the British Ministry from the Office of Deputy 



Postmaster-General in North America. 

 Presented to the King the petition of the First Continental 



Congress. 



1775. Returned to America, leaving London ]VIarch 20 and arriving 



at Philadelphia, May 5. 

 Elected Delegate to the Continental Congress, on May 6. 



