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This was to include a Grand Council, which is the earliest suggestion of a national legislature. THIS WAS TO INCLUDE A GRAND COUNCIL WHICH IS THE EARLIEST SUGGESTION OF A NATIONAL LEGISLATURE
authorize the purchase of powder for the army, “because that was an ingredient of war,” they voted an aid to New England of three thousand pounds to be put into the hands of the Governor, and appropriated it “for the purchase of bread, flour, wheat or other grain.” The Governor accepted with the remark, “I shall take the money, for I understand very well their meaning; _other grain_ is gunpowder.” Franklin himself suggested that the Quakers be importuned to permit the purchase of a fire engine; and then, said he, “we will buy a great gun, which is certainly a _fire engine_.” From his position of political and intellectual influence in Pennsylvania, Franklin easily passed into the larger field of general Colonial policies and public service. In 1754, he was made one of the commissioners to a joint congress of seven colonies, which met at Albany; from beginning to end of that meeting he was the leading spirit, and he prepared what is practically the first plan for a Federal Constitution.  SECTION TEN OF THE MENTOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT O R G RECORDING BY JOHN DOWERGY THE MENTOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN VOLUME SIX NUMBER SEVEN SERIAL NUMBER ONE FIVE FIVE MAY FIFTEENTH NINETEEN EIGHTEEN BY ALBERT BUSHEL HART SECTION TEN FRANKLIN AS A PENNSYLVANIAN PART TWO FROM HIS POSITION OF POLITICAL AND INTELLECTUAL INFLUENCE IN PENNSYLVANIA FRANKLIN EASILY PASSED INTO THE LARGER FIELD OF GENERAL COLONIAL POLICIES AND PUBLIC SERVICE IN SEVENTEEN FIFTY FOUR HE WAS MADE ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO ADJOINT CONGRESS OF SEVEN COLONIES WHICH MET AT ALBANY FROM BEGINNING TO END OF THAT MEETING HE WAS THE LEADING SPIRIT AND HE PREPARED WHAT IS PRACTICALLY THE FIRST PLAN FOR A FEDERAL CONSTITUTION
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