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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · Character

Governor Clinton

British governor of New York during the French and Indian War.

minor

Also known as Clinton

First appearance: xvi braddock s expedition

Governor Clinton shows up with force in XII: Defense of the Province. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Governor of New York; lends eighteen cannon after dinner and Madeira.
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.

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