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Franklin Before The Privy Council, White Hall Chapel, London, 1774: On Behalf Of The Province Of Massachusetts, To Advocate The Removal Of Hutchinson

Franklin Before The Privy Council, White Hall Chapel, London, 1774: On Behalf Of The Province Of Massachusetts, To Advocate The Removal Of Hutchinson

Mauduit, Israel

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Political BiographiesFiction AnthologiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354502563
ISBN13: 9789354502569
Publisher: Alpha Ed
Published: Mar 22 2021
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.34 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
On a winter day in 1774, the empire called Benjamin Franklin to account in the White Hall Chapel. Power meets protest in London. Franklin Before the Privy Council is an 18th century political pamphlet presented as a privy council hearing transcript, capturing the tense public reckoning that followed the Hutchinson letters controversy. Here the agent for the Province of Massachusetts argues a Massachusetts petition for removal: Governor Thomas Hutchinson and Lieutenant-Governor Andrew Oliver are accused of undermining colonial liberties, and the hearing becomes a British colonial governance debate with consequences that echo toward revolution. Read as a historical document reprint, it offers the immediacy of voices and procedure rather than later legend - an American Revolution research source for anyone tracing how grievances hardened into rupture in Georgian era Britain. It is also a snapshot of how Parliament, courtly ceremony, and the press shaped opinion, turning a provincial dispute into an imperial test of legitimacy at a decisive hour. For historians, students, and general readers, this compact record works as a colonial history classroom text and a window into London Whitehall Chapel politics at the edge of crisis. For collectors, it stands among founding fathers primary sources and the wider tradition of Benjamin Franklin political writings: a revealing moment when diplomacy, reputation, and imperial authority collide. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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