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When London was capital of America /

Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London and in the decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution, thousands of his fellow colonists flocked to the city. This book recreates the city's heyday as the center of an empire that encompassed North America and the West Indies.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flavell, Julie
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Americans > England > London > History > 18th century.
London (England) > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Americans > England > London > Biography.
Visitors, Foreign > England > London.

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