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I have been an American from the day I was born in 1731. It was in West River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland where I grew up. I decided to get an education and after completing my preliminary study I grew a taste for religious speculating. After that I decided to go into law and practice in Philadelphia. In 1757 I was chosen to be on the assembly of Pennsylvania and was on it till the Revolution. In 1766 I was voted unanimously as the Pennsylvania Assemblies speaker until about 1774. Between that time I attended Princeton where I was given the degree of LL.D. I also made several speeches including many in opposition to John Dickinson, I, being in favor of changing the government from proprietary to the royal form. Chief Justice Allen and I spoke to the Provincial congress trying to influence them in favor of the king. When the colonies began to struggle I felt sympathy for the crown and became an active Troy. In 1774 I became a member of the congress and proposed a new type of government consisting of a president general, and a grand council. The president general would be appointed by the king and was to hold office as long as the king was pleased with him. The grand council would be chosen every three years and wa