#hedidnotconquer — Public Fediverse posts
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Benjamin Franklin was in Saratoga on his way to Canada in 1776 when he began to have doubts about whether he and two colleagues could salvage the faltering American invasion of the British colony.
#OTD April 13, 1776, he wrote John Hancock, then president of the Continental Congress, saying the latest information he had received made him think “we shall be able to effect little there.”
He was right. His mission failed. Canada did not become the 14th colony.
#hedidnotconquer #canada #history #books #americanrevolution #benjaminfranklin @dundurnpress
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Benjamin Franklin was in Saratoga on his way to Canada in 1776 when he began to have doubts about whether he and two colleagues could salvage the faltering American invasion of the British colony.
#OTD April 13, 1776, he wrote John Hancock, then president of the Continental Congress, saying the latest information he had received made him think “we shall be able to effect little there.”
He was right. His mission failed. Canada did not become the 14th colony.
#hedidnotconquer #canada #history #books #americanrevolution #benjaminfranklin @dundurnpress
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Benjamin Franklin was in Saratoga on his way to Canada in 1776 when he began to have doubts about whether he and two colleagues could salvage the faltering American invasion of the British colony.
#OTD April 13, 1776, he wrote John Hancock, then president of the Continental Congress, saying the latest information he had received made him think “we shall be able to effect little there.”
He was right. His mission failed. Canada did not become the 14th colony.
#hedidnotconquer #canada #history #books #americanrevolution #benjaminfranklin @dundurnpress
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Benjamin Franklin was in Saratoga on his way to Canada in 1776 when he began to have doubts about whether he and two colleagues could salvage the faltering American invasion of the British colony.
#OTD April 13, 1776, he wrote John Hancock, then president of the Continental Congress, saying the latest information he had received made him think “we shall be able to effect little there.”
He was right. His mission failed. Canada did not become the 14th colony.
#hedidnotconquer #canada #history #books #americanrevolution #benjaminfranklin @dundurnpress
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Benjamin Franklin was in Saratoga on his way to Canada in 1776 when he began to have doubts about whether he and two colleagues could salvage the faltering American invasion of the British colony.
#OTD April 13, 1776, he wrote John Hancock, then president of the Continental Congress, saying the latest information he had received made him think “we shall be able to effect little there.”
He was right. His mission failed. Canada did not become the 14th colony.
#hedidnotconquer #canada #history #books #americanrevolution #benjaminfranklin @dundurnpress
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What a pleasure to talk about my book with members of the Canadian International Council, Waterloo branch, last night at St. Jerome's University. An engaged and thoughtful audience!
There are a lot of people to thank for making it happen. Special thanks to John English for the invitation, Shawky Fahel for smoothing the way, Ryan Touhey of the history department at St. Jerome’s for co-sponsoring my talk, and Krenare Recaj for dashing out and getting more books when it looked like we did not have enough!
#hedidnotconquer #canada #cdnhist #cdaus @dundurnpress
Photo credit: Frances Barclay