Benjamin Franklin, Congressional Emissary to the Court of George III (r. 1760 – 1776 in the colonies; died 1820) sets sail for America, convinced there nothing that can be done to prevent war.
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References:
Paul Johnson, A History of the American People, (New York: HarperPerennial, 1997), 149.
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