Benjamin Franklin: "The Sale of the Hessians" - Milestone Documents

Benjamin Franklin: “The Sale of the Hessians”

( 1777 ) Commentary by Kirk H. Beetz, UC Davis, Emeritus

“Do you remember that of the 300 Lacedaemonians who defended the defile of Thermopylae, not one returned? How happy should I be could I say the same of my brave Hessians!” - “The Sale of the Hessians”

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Benjamin Franklin (Library of Congress)

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