Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Franklin” in chapter 5 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition.:
... its capital on the banks of the Scioto.
Thus did the freedom of the American colonies, their union, and their extension through the west, become the three great objects of the remaining years of Franklin .
Heaven, in its mercy, gave the illustrious statesman length of days, so that he lived to witness the fulfilment of his hopes in all their grandeur.
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