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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
ond Continental Congress; placed on the committee of se-
cret correspondence; appointed one of the commissioners
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to secure the cooperation of Canada.
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1776 Placed on the committee to draft a Declaration of In-
dependence; chosen president of the Constitutional Commit-
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tee of Pennsylvania; sent to France as agent of the colonies.
1778 Concludes treaties of defensive alliance, and of am-
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ity and commerce; is received at court.
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1779 Appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to France.
1780 Appoints Paul Jones commander of the  Alliance.
1782 Signs the preliminary articles of peace.
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1783 Signs the definite treaty of peace.
1785 Returns to America; is chosen President of Pennsyl-
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vania; reelected 1786.
1787 Reelected President; sent as delegate to the con-
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vention for framing a Federal Constitution.
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1788 Retires from public life.
1790 April 17, dies. His grave is in the churchyard at Fifth
and Arch streets, Philadelphia. Editor.
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