Originally Posted by
Lamo60
Patriot, i am curious about two names that dont apear in the Articles of Confederation: Can you provide any insight?
Benjamin Franklin and Jon Adams
I would say the reason that Ben Franklin did not appear in the signatures was because he was dispatched to France as US Ambassador in late December 1776 until 1785.
The Articles were written in 1777 and ratified in 1781. So Franklin was in the middle of dealings with France during this time.
With John Adams, it was basically the same thing, to make a long story short he was doing the whole ambassador thing in Europe during this time as well, in The Netherlands and with Prussia.
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. --Thomas Jefferson
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