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Ben Franklin calculates the futility of a war of attrition...
Ben Franklin calculates the futility of a war of attrition...
Item # 701543
August 21, 1790
COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Aug. 21, 1790 A great issue for display as the front page contains 5 documents, each signed in script type by the President: George Washington.
One of the Acts is quite notable, titled; "An Act to Provide more Effectually for the Settlement of the Accounts Between the United States and the Individual States".
Page 2 contains: "A Letter From Dr. Franklin to a Friend in England, dated in 1775" in which he notes a mathematical computation on the effects of the Revolutionary War, noting in part: "...Britain, at the expense of three millions, had killed 150 Yankees this campaign, which is 20,000 pounds a head; and at Bunker's Hill she gained one mile of ground; half of which she lost again by our taking post on Ploughed Hill. During the same time 60,000 children have been born in America. From these data, his mathematical head will easily calculate the time & expense necessary to kill us all, and conquer our whole territory..." signed in the: B. F.
Page 3 begins with: "Treaty With the Creeks" with some detail. Also on page 3 is: "A Proclamation" signed in type by John Hancock.
Four pages, a few archival mends near the spine, nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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