Reprobation of Mr. Strahan's parliamentary Conduct. ⁴¹

Philadelphia, July 5, 1775.

Mr. Strahan,

You are a member of that parliament, and have formed part of that majority, which has condemned my native country to destruction.

You have begun to burn our towns, and to destroy their inhabitants!

Look at your hands!—they are stained with the blood of your relations and your acquaintances.

You and I were long friends; you are at present my enemy, and I am yours.

B. FRANKLIN.