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_Franklin in the Federal Convention_ At seventy nine years of age most men expect retirement, and it was very grateful to Franklin that, on his return to America in 1785, he should almost immediately be chosen by Pennsylvania to be the president of the commonwealth. FRANKLIN IN THE FEDERAL CONVENTION AT SEVENTY NINE YEARS OF AGE MOST MEN EXPECT RETIREMENT AND IT WAS VERY GRATEFUL TO FRANKLIN THAT ON HIS RETURN TO AMERICA IN SEVENTEEN EIGHTY FIVE HE SHOULD ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BE CHOSEN BY PENNSYLVANIA TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH
r writing the History of the Decline of the British Empire. Without Franklin the two treaties of 1778 with France could not have been obtained. By his personal relations with Englishmen of note, he was the natural starting point for overtures of concord; and in the negotiations of the peace of 1782 he stood alongside the eager, impetuous, and hotly national John Adams, and courteous, high bred and determined John Jay, as chief of that remarkable triumvirate of negotiators. [Illustration: PRINTING PRESS AT WHICH FRANKLIN WORKED WHEN A BOY IN BOSTON Now exhibited in the rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute, Boston, Mass.] After all, Franklin’s chief service abroad was not so much the obtaining of favorable terms as the maintaining of American character. Who could deny the right to be a nation to a people whose best aspirations were typified by this shrewd, hard-headed, kindly man, a gallant among the fashionables, a philosopher among scientists, a statesman among ministers, a man among men?  SECTION TWELVE 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 DOWERTY THE MENTOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN VOLUME SIX NUMBER SEVEN SERIAL NUMBER ONE FIVE FIVE MAY FIFTEENTH NINETEEN EIGHTEEN BY ALBERT BUSHNOL HART SECTION TWELVE
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