It pretty much was told that his people were not to get mixed up with the other people, and what they were originating with. Or pretty much, their affairs, if you put it that way. Some heard the term ... 'bad association spoils useful habits'. This is what Washington was worried about. And both John And Tom had to align this case in court I believe. They would have to let the Judge know the situation and everything.
And they key address would be the following:
Washington Court house.
And the key from this was to support their side of the 'family'.
In 1776 he was part of the five member committee that helped draft the declaration of independence in which the 13 american colonies declared their freedom from british rules. That same year congress sent franklin to france to enlist that nations help with the revolutionary war
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