TY - GEN N2 - Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London and in the decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution, thousands of his fellow colonists flocked to the city. This book recreates the city's hey day as the centre of an empire that encompassed North America and the West Indies. AB - Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London and in the decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution, thousands of his fellow colonists flocked to the city. This book recreates the city's hey day as the centre of an empire that encompassed North America and the West Indies. T1 - When London was capital of America DA - c2010. CY - New Haven [Conn.] : AU - Flavell, Julie. CN - DA688 PB - Yale University Press, PP - New Haven [Conn.] : PY - c2010. N1 - Maps on lining papers. ID - 482242 KW - Americans KW - Americans KW - Visitors, Foreign TI - When London was capital of America LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10579324 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10579324 ER -