re: #150 EmmmieG

Okay, one more Revolutionary figure, not a Virginian, but still, the first American ROCK-STAR-BIG celebrity. (Seriously, honestly, the guy really was internationally famous.)

“From your Excellency’s station, they hope your influence will be exerted, hereafter, to prevent a practice which is so evidently repugnant to the political principles and form of government lately adopted by citizens of the United States, and which cannot fail of delaying the enjoyment of the blessings of peace and liberty, by drawing down, the displeasure of the great and impartial Ruler of the Universe upon our country.”

Uh Franklin.