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pted. No sooner was Franklin consulted, than he expressed his approbation of the proposed commission, and of Lord Howe as one of its members; and to smooth the way to conciliation, he offered at once the payment of an indemnity to the India company, pro- Chap. XXII.} 1775. Feb. vided the Massachusetts acts should be repealed. Without the entire repeal, said he, the language of the proposal is, try on your fetters first, and then if you don't like them, we will consider. On the eighteenth of February, Franklin, by appointment, once more saw Lord Howe. Consent, said he, to accompany me, and co-operate with me in the great work of reconciliation: and he coupled his request with a promise of ample appointments and subsequent rewards. Accepting favors, said the American, would destroy the influence you propose to use; but let me see the propositions, and if I approve of them, I will hold myself ready to accompany you at an hour's warning. His opinions, which he had purposely reduce