Original sentence: Due in part to contacts with Benjamin Franklin who was there contemporaneusly he conceived of the idea of separating the grand duchy from Sweden.Like his brother he also came to the conclusion that his services had not been adequately appreciated, and the flattering way in which he was welcomed by the Russian court during a visit to St.Petersburg in 1779 still further incensed him against the perceived ingratitude of his own sovereign.The chosen Plan B then, was to erect it as an independent state under the protection of Russia.This aim was first approached through the Walhalla-orden subversive secret society and scheming with the kings brother, Charles XIII of Sweden.This scheming was apparently stillborn, as Charles informed his brother of the schemers approaches
Edited sentence: Irritable and suspicious like his brother he also came to the conclusion that his services had not been adequately appreciated, and the flattering way in which he was welcomed by the Russian court during a visit to St.It was now that he first conceived the plan of separating the grand duchy from Sweden and erecting it into an independent state under the protection of Russia.Petersburg in 1779 still further incensed him against the purely imaginary ingratitude of his own sovereign