The American Gazette, Or, The Constitutional Journal

HARTFORD. JULY 8.

Last Wednesday passed through this place, Governor Franklin of New-Jersey, on his way to Governor Trumbull, at Lebanon. Mr. Franklin is a noted tory and ministerial tool, and has been exceedingly busy in serving the designs of the British King and his minions. The people of the Jerseys on account of his principles, connections, abilities and address, viewed him as a mischievous and dangerous enemy in that province, and consequently thought it expedient to remove him, under a strong guard, to Connecticut. He is safely arrived, and will probably have leisure to reconnoitre his past life. He is son to Dr. Benjamin Franklin, the genius of the day, and the great patron of American liberty. If his excellency escapes the vengeance of the people, due to the enormity of his crimes his redemption will flow, not from his personal merit, but from the high esteem and veneration which this country entertain for his honored Father. Last Saturday he returned from Lebanon to Wallingford, where he is stationed.