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Front Page  Titles (by Subject) CCLIII: PETITION TO THE KING FOR CHANGING THE PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA INTO A ROYAL GOVERNMENT - The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. IV Letters and Misc. Writings 1763-1768
CCLIII: PETITION TO THE KING FOR CHANGING THE PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA INTO A ROYAL GOVERNMENT - Benjamin Franklin, The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. IV Letters and Misc. Writings 1763-1768 [1904]Edition used:The Works of Benjamin Franklin, including the Private as well as the Official and Scientific Correspondence, together with the Unmutilated and Correct Version of the Autobiography, compiled and edited by John Bigelow (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904). The Federal Edition in 12 volumes. Vol. IV (Letters and Misc. Writings 1763-1768).
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- The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Volume IV: Correspondence and Miscellaneous Writings
- 1763: CCXXXVI: To William Greene, Warwic, Rhode Island
- CCXXXVII: To Mrs. Catherine Greene
- CCXXXVIII: To Mrs. Catherine Greene
- CCXXXIX: To William Strahan
- 1764: Ccxl: to Miss Mary Stevenson
- Ccxli: to William Strahan
- Ccxlii: to Mrs. Catherine Greene
- Ccxliii.: to William Strahan
- Ccxliv: to Jonathan Williams
- Ccxlv: to George Whitefield
- Ccxlvi: to William Strahan
- 1765: Ccxlvii: to William Strahan
- Ccxlviii: to Jonathan Williams
- Ccxlix: to Sarah Franklin
- Ccl: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Ccli: a Narrative
- Cclii: Cool Thoughts On the Present Situation of Our Public Affairs 1
- Ccliii: Petition to the King For Changing the Proprietary Government of Pennsylvania Into a Royal Government
- Ccliv: Remarks On a Particular Militia Bill Rejected By the Proprietor’s Deputy, Or Governor
- Cclv: Preface
- Cclvi: Remarks On a Late Protest Against the Appointment of Mr. Franklin As Agent For the Province of Pennsylvania
- Cclvii: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Cclviii: From Joseph Galloway to B. Franklin
- Cclix: From Mrs. Franklin to Her Husband
- Cclx: to the Editor of a Newspaper
- Cclxi: to Lord Kames, At Edinburgh
- Cclxii: to Lord Kames
- Cclxiii: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Cclxiv: to Peter Franklin, At Newport
- Cclxv: to Hugh Roberts
- Cclxvi: to Charles Thomson
- Cclxvii: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- 1766: Cclxviii: Letter Concerning the Gratitude of America and the Probability and Effects of a Union With Great Britain; and Concerning the Repeal Or Suspension of the Stamp Act
- Cclxix: the Examination of Dr. Benjamin Franklin In the British House of Commons Relative to the Repeal of the American Stamp Act, In 1766 1
- Cclxx: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Cclxxi: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Cclxxii: to Hugh Roberts
- Cclxxiii: to Charles Thomson
- Cclxxiv: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Cclxxv: to Thomas Ronayne, At Cork 1
- Cclxxvi: to Jonathan Williams
- Cclxxvii: to Cadwallader Evans
- Cclxxviii: Mode of Ascertaining Whether the Power, Giving a Shock to Those Who Touch Either the Surinam Eel Or the Torpedo, Be Electrical.
- Cclxxix: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Cclxxx: From William Franklin
- Cclxxxi: to Mrs. Mary Franklin
- Cclxxxii: to Charles Thomson
- Cclxxxiii: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Cclxxxiv: Remarks On a Plan For the Future Management of Indian Affairs 1
- Cclxxxv: Hints For a Reply to the Protests of Certain Members of the House of Lords Against the Repeal of the Stamp Act.
- Cclxxxvi: Observations On Passages In “a Letter From a Merchant In London to His Nephew In North America”
- Cclxxxvii: Observations On Passages In a Pamphlet Entitled “good Humor, Or Away With the Colonies” 1
- Cclxxxviii: From William Franklin
- 1767: Cclxxxix: to Lord Kames
- CCXC: To Cadwallader Evans
- CCXCI: To Joseph Galloway 1
- CCXCII: To Miss Mary Stevenson
- CCXCIII: To Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- CCXCIV: Protective Duties On Imports and How They Work
- CCXCV: To Samuel Franklin, Boston 1
- CCXCVI: To Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- CCXCVII: To George Crogan
- CCXCVIII: To Joseph Galloway
- CCXCIX: To William Franklin, Governor of New Jersey
- CCC: To Miss Stevenson
- CCCI: Of Lightning and the Methods (now Used In America) of Securing Buildings and Persons From Its Mischievous Effects.
- CCCII: On Smuggling and Its Various Species 1
- CCCIII: To William Franklin
- CCCIV: To Joseph Galloway
- CCCV: To John Ross
- CCCVI: To William Franklin
- CCCVII: From Thomas Pownall to B. Franklin
- CCCVIII: On the Price of Corn, and Management of the Poor
- CCCIX: The Right of Impressing Seamen Remarks On Judge Foster’s Argument In Favor of the Right. 1
- CCCX: Vindication of the Provincial Paper-money System. 1
- 1768: CCCXI: To William Franklin
- CCCXII: To Joseph Galloway
- CCCXIII: Causes of the American Discontents Before 1768. 1
- CCCXIV: To M. Dalibard
- CCCXV: To Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- CCCXVI: To Joseph Galloway
- CCCXVII: To Cadwallader Evans 1
- CCCXVIII: To Thomas Wharton
- CCCXIX: To Lord Kames
- CCCXX: From Joseph Galloway to B. Franklin
- CCCXXI: To William Franklin
- CCCXXII: To the Committee of Correspondence In Pennsylvania
- CCCXXIII: Walpole’s Grant
- CCCXXIV: To Joseph Galloway
- CCCXXV: To the Committee of Correspondence In Pennsylvania
- CCCXXVI: To William Franklin
- CCCXXVII: On the Laboring Poor
- CCCXXVIII: Some Good Whig Principles. 1
- CCCXXIX: Preface to the “letters From a Farmer In Pennsylvania.” 1
- CCCXXX: To Sir John Pringle
- CCCXXXI: To John Ross
- CCCXXXII: To Joseph Galloway
- CCCXXXIII: To Oliver Neave
CCLIII
PETITION TO THE KING
FOR CHANGING THE PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA INTO A ROYAL GOVERNMENT
To the King’s most excellent Majesty, in Council,
The Petition of the Representatives of the Freemen of the Province of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met,
Most humbly showeth:
That the government of this province by proprietaries has by long experience been found inconvenient, attended by many difficulties and obstructions to your Majesty’s service, arising from the intervention of proprietary private interests in public affairs and disputes concerning those interests.
That the said proprietary government is weak, unable to support its own authority, and maintain the common internal peace of the province; great riots have lately arisen therein, armed mobs marching from place to place, and committing violent outrages and insults on the government with impunity, to the great terror of your Majesty’s subjects. And these evils are not likely to receive any remedy here, the continual disputes between the proprietaries and people, and their mutual jealousies and dislikes preventing.
We do, therefore, most humbly pray, that your Majesty would be graciously pleased to resume the government of this province, making such compensation to the proprietaries for the same as to your Majesty’s wisdom and goodness shall appear just and equitable, and permitting your dutiful subjects therein to enjoy, under your Majesty’s more immediate care and protection, the privileges that have been granted to them by and under your royal predecessors.
By order of the House.
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