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It is interesting, also, to note that he signed a petition to Congress, in 1790, to abolish slavery. IT IS INTERESTING ALSO TO NOTE THAT HE SIGNED A PETITION TO CONGRESS IN SEVENTEEN NINETY TO ABOLISH SLAVERY
o taxation, and represented not only Pennsylvania, but New Jersey, Georgia, and Massachusetts. He remained until 1775, and was, therefore, in England during all the stormy days of the Stamp Act. On the day after his return he was elected to the Continental Congress, and was one of the committee of five to draw up the Declaration of Independence. On September 26, 1776, he was chosen commissioner to France with Arthur Lee and Silas Deane, and arrived in Paris on December 22, 1776, after a perilous passage, to be welcomed like a hero. On October 28, 1776, he was appointed sole plenipotentiary to the Court of France. In 1781, he was appointed one of a commission to make peace with Great Britain. He returned to Philadelphia in 1785, having made commercial treaties with Sweden (1783) and Prussia (1785). Even then, Franklin’s work was not finished. He was elected a member of the municipal council of Philadelphia, and was made a delegate to the Convention that drew up the Federal Constitution. L SEVENTEEN SEVENTY FIVE AND WAS THEREFORE IN ENGLAND DURING ALL THE STORMY DAYS OF THE STAMP ACT ON THE DAY AFTER HIS RETURN HE WAS ELECTED TO THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND WAS ONE OF A COMMITTEE OF FIVE TO DRAW UP A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ON SEPTEMBER TWENTY SIXTH SEVENTEEN SEVENTY SIX HE WAS CHOSEN COMMISSIONER TO FRANCE WITH ARTHUR LEE AND SILAS DEAN AND ARRIVED IN PARIS ON DECEMBER TWENTY SECOND SEVENTEEN SEVENTY SIX AFTER A PERILOUS PASSAGE ON OCTOBER TWENTY EIGHTH SEVENTEEN SEVENTY SIX HE WAS APPOINTED SOLE PLEN POTENTIARY TO THE COURT OF FRANCE IN SEVENTEEN EIGHTY ONE HE WAS APPOINTED ONE OF THE COMMISSION TO MAKE PEACE WITH GREAT BRITAIN HE RETURNED TO PHILADELPHIA IN SEVENTEEN EIGHTY FIVE HAVING MADE COMMERCIAL TREATIES WITH SWEDEN SEVENTEEN EIGHTY THREE AND PRUSSIA SEVENTEEN EIGHTY FIVE EVEN THEN FRANKLIN'S WORK WAS NOT FINISHED HE WAS ELECTED A MEMBER OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA AND WAS MADE A DELEGATE TO THE CONVENTION THAT DREW UP THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION
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