Subj : book: he did not conquer
To   : August Abolins
From : Ed Vance
Date : Sun Oct 12 2025 12:58:23


>  He Did Not Conquer: Benjamin Franklin's Failure to Annex  
> Canada | Paperback

> Madelaine Drohan CDN

> Dundurn Press

> History / Canada - Pre-Confederation (to 1867) / United States -
> Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) / Biography & Autobiography / Historical

> Published Sep 30, 2025

> "Throughout his long and illustrious career, Benjamin Franklin
> nursed a not-so-secret desire to annex Canada and make it
> American.

> "When he was not busy conducting scientific experiments or
> representing American interests at home and abroad, Benjamin
> Franklin hatched one plan after another to join Canada to the
> American colonies and then later to the United States. These
> were not solely intellectual efforts. He went to Montreal in
> 1776 to try to turn around the faltering occupation by American
> forces. As lead American negotiator at the 1782 peace
> negotiations with Britain in Paris, he held the fate of Canada
> in his hands. Ill health and other American priorities then
> forced him to abandon his decades-long campaign to possess
> Canada.

> "Franklin's elevation to the status of an American icon has
> pushed this signal failure into the far reaches of collective
> memory in both Canada and the United States. Yet it shaped the
> future of North America and relations between the two
> neighbours over the next two and a half centuries.
> -- 
>   ../|ug

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August, That was interesting. Thaks!
Ed
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