250 years ago William Franklin, the Royal Governor of New Jersey, urged the colony to abandon the Continental Congress for loyalty to the Crown. Instead, the General Assembly sent the Royal Governor’s father Benjamin Franklin a Petition of Grievances for King George III.

Hear and explore New Jersey’s last Speech from the Throne and Petition to the King from the final months before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War in this reading with historical discussion at Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Site.