Show ADVISED TAKING OF CANADA benjamin franklins counsel to british government resulted in capture of the dominion benjamin franklin the first american philosopher and tho the first american diplomat was not as mark twain averred twins born simultaneously at boston and philadelphia but as the change in the calendar from old eld style to new came alter after his birth at boston on january 6 1706 according to the reformed almanac be was born on january 17 in 1759 franklin was in england as agent tor for the colony of 0 pennsylvania previous to this though little known it was mainly by y the advice of 0 franklin that the english government resolved to conquer canada and for or that purpose sent out wolfes expedition it was in 1759 that franklin made a journey from london to scotland of which in a letter written to a scotch friend he used these words which have ever endeared him to the scot 1 I think the time we spent there was six weeks of the densest happiness I 1 have ever met with in any part of my life and the agreeable and instructive society we found there in such plenty has lett left so pleasing an impression on my memory that did not strong connections coa draw me eles where I 1 believe scotland would be the country I 1 should choose to spend the remainder of ray my days in |