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[FRANKLIN PRINTING.] The Pennsylvania Gazette, 7 June 1764, No. 1850. Philadelphia: B. Franklin, Postmaster and D. Hall. Folio, 4pp., some staining.
FRANKLIN'S BITTER WAR AGAINST THE PENN PROPRIETORS is on display in this issue, which opens with the resignation message of Assembly speaker, Isaac Norris, and follows with a long blast against the governor by the new speaker, Benjamin Franklin, who denounces the "avarice" of the Penns for their resistance to increased property taxes on their proprietary lands--the richest and best lands in the colony. Franklin's hostility towards the Penns intensified after the governor placated the Paxton Boys by declining to prosecute any of them for the murder of the Conestoga Indians. In October, Franklin lost his bid for re-election to the Speaker's chair but the Quaker faction continued its majority in the Assembly. They favored him with appointment to the post of Pennsylvania's agent in London, where Franklin carried on the fight to have the Penn charter revoked and Pennsylvania made a crown colony. Brigham II, 933-937; Evans 9788; Miller 814.
FRANKLIN'S BITTER WAR AGAINST THE PENN PROPRIETORS is on display in this issue, which opens with the resignation message of Assembly speaker, Isaac Norris, and follows with a long blast against the governor by the new speaker, Benjamin Franklin, who denounces the "avarice" of the Penns for their resistance to increased property taxes on their proprietary lands--the richest and best lands in the colony. Franklin's hostility towards the Penns intensified after the governor placated the Paxton Boys by declining to prosecute any of them for the murder of the Conestoga Indians. In October, Franklin lost his bid for re-election to the Speaker's chair but the Quaker faction continued its majority in the Assembly. They favored him with appointment to the post of Pennsylvania's agent in London, where Franklin carried on the fight to have the Penn charter revoked and Pennsylvania made a crown colony. Brigham II, 933-937; Evans 9788; Miller 814.