(1714\u2013December 6, 1788), was the bishop of St. Asaph Anglican Church in London, and a friend of Benjamin Franklin. In 1774, he appealed in the House of Lords:<\/p>\n
At present we force every North American to be our enemy. \u2026 It is a strange idea we have taken up, to cure their resentments by increasing provocation. \u2026 That just God, whom we have all so deeply offended, can hardly inflict a severer national punishment than by committing us to the natural consequences of our own conduct.547<\/p>\n
I look upon North America as the only great nursery of freeman left on the face of the earth.548<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(1714\u2013December 6, 1788), was the bishop of St. Asaph Anglican Church in London, and a friend of Benjamin Franklin. In 1774, he appealed in the House of Lords: At present we force every North American to be our enemy. \u2026 It is a strange idea we have taken up, to cure their resentments by increasing … Continue reading “SHIPLEY,
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