Illegitimate son of one of America’s founding fathers, William Franklin fought the patriots at every turn during the American Revolution. On April 12, 1782, a force of Loyalist irregulars took Joshua Huddy, a Patriot militiaman, from custody aboard a British warship, rowed him to a desolate New Jersey beach and lynched him. Pinned to his …
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