Continues to campaign against Parliamentary taxation of colonies in letters to London newspapers. Charles Townshend, Chancellor of the Exchequer, proposes duties in House of Commons, May 13; passed July 2, they intensify the crisis in the colonies. Franklin and Pringle visit Paris, August 28 - October 8, where Horace Walpole calls on them (Sept. 13), and they are presented to Louis XV at Versailles. Daughter Sarah marries Richard Bache, Philadelphia merchant, October 29.