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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 0 Browse Search
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nch nation to the American cause; requested a paper from Franklin on the condition of America; and that, in future, intercourse with the sage might be in secret, without the intervention of a third person. Personal friendship between these two distinguished men became strong and abiding. He told Franklin that as Spain and France were in perfect accord he might communicate freely with the Spanish minister, the Count de Aranda. With him the commissioners held secret but barren interviews as Aranda would only promise the freedom of Spanish ports to American vessels. Vindication of the colonies. On June. 15, 1775, Franklin issued the following address to the public: Forasmuch as the enemies of America in the Parliament of Great Britain, to ren- Franklin on his way to France. der us odious to the nation, and give an ill impression of us in the minds of other European powers, having represented us as unjust and ungrateful in the highest degree; asserting, on every occasion,