sentences:  His protégé, David Hall, succeeded Franklin at his print shop in Philadelphia when Franklin retired in 1747.At first he sympathised with the grievances of the American colonists, disapproving of the Stamp Act and publishing arguments in favour of a reconciliation in his London Chronicle.However, he later developed a much more hostile attitude, writing to Hume in 1775 ""I am entirely for coercive methods with these obstinate madmen.""