...turned to his former trade, and shortly set up a print ing house of his own from which he published “The Pennsyl vania Gazette,” to which he contrib... ...gent for the colony, this time to petition the King to resume the government from the hands of the proprietors. In London he actively opposed the pro ... ...in 1775 he lost his position as postmaster through his share in divulging to Massachusetts the famous letter of Hutchinson and Oliver. On his arrival ... ...son and Oliver. On his arrival in Philadelphia he was chosen a member of the Continental Congress and in 1777 he was dispatched to France as commissio... ...d with arms, formed themselves into companies and regiments, chose their own officers, and met every week to be instructed in the manual exercise, and... ...ompanies, painted with dif ferent devices and mottos, which I supplied. The officers of the companies composing the Philadelphia regiment, being met,... ...and the remainder to be paid by General Braddock, or by the paymaster of the army, at the time of their discharge, or from time to time, as it shall b... ...s sary for the subsistence of the horses, is to be taken for the use of the army, and a reasonable price paid for the same. “Note.—My son, William Fr... ...hosen a delegate to the Sec The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 160 ond Continental Congress; placed on the committee of se cret correspondence;...