FO-From Benjamin Franklin to Samuel Cooper, 24 February 1769.md

FO-From Benjamin Franklin to Samuel Cooper, 24 February 1769

2 reprints from 1769-02-24 to 1865-05-01

FO-From Benjamin Franklin to Samuel Cooper, 24 February 1769

by Franklin, Benjamin

From unknown source

1769-02-24

present. I have been in constant pain since I heard of Troops assembling at Boston, lest the Madness of Mobs or the Insolence of Soldiers, or both, should, when too near each other, occasion some Mischief difficult to be prevented or repaired, and which might spread far and wide. I hop

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From Fraser's Magazine 1830-1882

1865-05-01 · London, England

Cooper, in Boston, ‘I have been in constant panic since I heard of troops assembling in Boston, lest the.madness of mobs, or the inter- ference of soldiers, or both, when too near each other, might occasion some mischief difficult to be pre- vented or repaired, and which might spread far and wide.’ Nearly a yea

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