1764 - Franklin sails, PA to Portsmouth (Nov-Dec)

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=185 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="040b9c00dduajq.jpg"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="70" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="66"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="66" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Falmouth Packet Archives 1688-1850</B></FONT>    |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Falmouth Packet Archives 16881850"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id169.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1724 Franklins first voyage, to England"><U>1724 - Franklin's first voyage, to England.</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id165.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1726 Diary of Franklins return passage "><U>1726 - Diary of Franklin's return passage to PA</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id168.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1757 Franklin takes the packet to Falmo"><U>1757 - Franklin takes the packet to Falmouth (England)</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id167.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1762 Franklin sails to PA in convoy"><U>1762 - Franklin sails to PA in convoy</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id176.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="March 1775 Franklin Leaves England for "><U>March 1775 - Franklin Leaves England for PA</U></A>   |   <B>1764 - Franklin sails, PA to Portsmouth (Nov-Dec) </B>   |   <A HREF="id178.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nov. 1776: Franklin sails to France on R"><U>Nov. 1776: Franklin sails to France on 'REPRISAL'</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id166.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1785 Franklin returns from France to Ph"><U>1785 - Franklin returns from France to Philadelphia</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id180.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Franklins correspondence"><U>Franklin's correspondence</U></A></div> <div> 1764 - Franklin sails, PA to Portsmouth (Nov-Dec) </div> <bR> <bR> <div> On the 7th of November, <B>1764</B>, only twelve days after his appointment<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>as a special agent for Pennsylvania Franklin was instructed "to proceed to the court of Great Britain, and there to take charge of the petition for a change of government," Franklin left Philadelphia, accompanied by a cavalcade of three hundred citizens, who attended him to Chester, where he was to go on board the vessel. "The affectionate leave taken of me by so many dear friends at Chester," said he, "was very endearing; God bless them and all Pennsylvania." </div> <bR> <div> <B>He sailed the next day</B>, but the vessel was detained overnight at Reedy Island in the Delaware. After a tempestuous voyage of <B>thirty days</B>, he <B>landed at Portsmouth</B>, [<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" >CHECK: Circa 9 December?</FONT>] and proceeded immediately to London, where he again took lodgings at Mrs. Stevenson's in Craven Street.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>