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TO MR. STRAHAN * 
PHILADELHIA, 5 July, 1775 
MR. STRAHAN:—You are a member of Parliament, 
and one of that majority which has doomed my 
country to destruction. You have begun to burn 
our towns, and murder our people. Look upon your 
hands; they are stained with the blood of your rela- 
tions! You and I were long friends; you are now 
my enemy, and I am, 
Yours, 
B. FRANKLIN. 
r King’s printer, London. 
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