1Action of the New Jersey House, Council, and Governor Appointing Benjamin Franklin as Agent, 11–20 December 1771 (Franklin Papers)
Copies: American Philosophical Society Hillsborough, as mentioned before, was insisting that colonial agents be appointed by the governor and both houses of the legislature. On this basis he had denied Franklin’s credentials from Massachusetts in January, and in June had forbidden the Governor of New Jersey to assent to any support bill that asserted the Assembly’s sole right to appoint an...