FRANKLAND, SIR CHARLES HENRY
\fɹˈaŋklənd], \fɹˈaŋklənd], \f_ɹ_ˈa_ŋ_k_l_ə_n_d]\
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(1716-1768) collector of the port of Boston from 1741 to 1757, is noted on account of his romantic connection with Agnes Surriage, a maid at a Massachusetts tavern, who afterward became Lady Frankland. He was a man of great wealth, and lived in a state of luxury unusual in colonial times.
By John Franklin Jameson
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