Certain members of that committee had so much gun powder in their hearts it took fire and their prudence and my reputation have been seriously damaged, I fear.

The contents of those letters are now probably known to you." "Are they the Hutchinson, Rogers and Oliver letters ?" "The same." "I think they are known to every one in America that reads.

We were indignant that these men born and raised among us should have said that a colony ought not to enjoy all the liberties of a parent state and that we should be subjected to coercive measures.

They had expressed no such opinion save in these private letters.

It looked like a base effort to curry favor with the English government." "Yes, they were overworking the curry comb," said Franklin.