The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated By Tales Sketches And Anecdotes
The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated By Tales Sketches And Anecdotes
Cowperthwait Co Thomas
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Relate the anecdote in respect to the subscription for fire-works. 3. What tax was now laid by the assembly ? \Yhat bill did Franklin carry through the house T LIFE OF FRANKLIN. 115 militia, he wrote a dialogue upon the subject, which was extensively circulated, and thought to have great effect. 4. While the several companies in the city and country were forming, and learning their exercise, the governor prevailed upon Franklin to take charge of the north-western frontier, which was infested by... the enemy, and provide for the defence of the in habitants, by raising troops, and building a line of forts. Franklin did not think himself very well qualified for the military, but was willing to be of all the service in his power. He received a com mission from the governor, with full authority, and a parcel of blank commissions for officers, to be given to whom he thought fit. Five hundred and sixty men were soon raised and placed under his command. 5. The place first selected for a fort was Gnaden- hutten, a village settled by the Moravians, and which had recently been the scene of terrible destruction and death.
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