tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post3187050666046262846..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Benjamin Franklin’s “Present Hostile Character” Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-39616420058471815082013-06-25T14:18:02.401-05:002013-06-25T14:18:02.401-05:00Joseph Johnson?Joseph Johnson?John L Smith Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209064146960498237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-15826791719791103142013-06-25T13:58:32.956-05:002013-06-25T13:58:32.956-05:00I hadn’t actually planned to make the editor a mys...I hadn’t actually planned to make the editor a mystery. But he’s someone with a link to Priestley, and a link to Massachusetts. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-45909236627659957922013-06-25T13:51:32.792-05:002013-06-25T13:51:32.792-05:00My guess might be his friend and London bookseller...My guess might be his friend and London bookseller William Strahan. Secondary runner-up guesses would be Peter Collinson or Joseph Priestley? We'll assume it wasn't Lord of the Cockpit Wedderburne.John L Smith Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209064146960498237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-80617117932268791582013-06-25T12:01:43.581-05:002013-06-25T12:01:43.581-05:00...which is why I'm not a betting man. :)
I s......which is why I'm not a betting man. :)<br /><br />I should know better, I just read "Common Sense" a month ago. I was alarmed at how much of it is still applicable today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-9877509918897861342013-06-25T11:51:25.750-05:002013-06-25T11:51:25.750-05:00In 1779 Paine was in America, having arrived five ...In 1779 Paine was in America, having arrived five years earlier with a letter of recommendation from none other than Benjamin Franklin. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-58034001018117037022013-06-25T11:33:05.518-05:002013-06-25T11:33:05.518-05:00If I were a betting man, I'd say it was Thomas...If I were a betting man, I'd say it was Thomas Paine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com