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A rebuttal to 'Common Sense'... General Howe to Ben Franklin concerning peace, with Franklin's lengthy response...
A rebuttal to 'Common Sense'... General Howe to Ben Franklin concerning peace, with Franklin's lengthy response...
Item # 719735
April 15, 1777
THE LONDON EVENING POST, England, April 15, 1777 The front page has a fascinating response to the famous "Common Sense" written by Thomas Paine, introduced with: "The following extract...written at Philadelphia...in answer to the famous pamphlet in favour of independence, called Common Sense...". The response begins: "I cannot agree with the author of the pamphlet...that this is the time to declare an independence of the Colonies...".
This is followed by: "To the Present United Colonies of America, Prudence, Discernment, and Firmness". Near the beginning: "...You are...engaged in an unnatural quarrel, the mother against the daughter and the daughter against the mother; may each of you get happily rid of it..." with more fine reading.
The most notable content could well be on the back page as it contains a letter from General Howe to Ben Franklin, signed in type: Howe, and dated June 20, 1776 in which he makes efforts to promote a peace between England and the colonies. This is followed by an uncommonly lengthy letter signed in type by: B. Franklin, taking one-quarter of the back page. Franklin states why a peace treaty will not work, and outlines the events of the war which make submission by the colonies impracticable.
Page 3 has a report concerning the confinement of the prisoner General Lee.
Even more war content as well.
Four pages, folio size, never-trimmed margins, red tax stamp on page 3, nice condition.
Category: Revolutionary War
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