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Benjamin Franklin to David Hall, June 27, 1760
London, June 27. 1760 Dear Mr. Hall, By the last Pacquet I sent you the Protests of two of your Bills, one for £200 the other for £100 drawn by…
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Letters from Benjamin Franklin
B. 1706 · D. 1790
Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath: a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the most influential intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence; and the first postmaster general.
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Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, August 23, 1760
London Augt. 23. 1760. My dear Child, I receiv’d your Letters by Mr. Keene, 9 and some others, which I shall answer fully by Capt. Faulkner, who sails in a…
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Benjamin Franklin to Mary (Polly) Stevenson Hewson, September 13, 1760
London, Sept. 13. 1760 My dear Friend, I have your agreable Letter from Bristol, 4 which I take this first Leisure Hour to answer, having for some time been much…
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Benjamin Franklin to Mary (Polly) Stevenson Hewson, November 1, 1760
[November? 1760] 1 My dear Friend It is, as you observed in our late Conversation, a very general Opinion, that all Rivers run into the Sea , or deposite their…
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Benjamin Franklin to Isaac Norris, November 19, 1760
London, Novr. 19. 1760 Dear Sir This is just to acknowledge the Receipt of your Favours of August 24 and 27. with the Bill for £100 on Messrs. Thomlinson &c.…
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Benjamin Franklin to Isaac Norris, November 22, 1760
[November 22, 1760] The Share allotted by the Lords of the Treasury to Pensylvania and the Lower Counties, of the Parliamentary Grant for 1758, was £29,993. The Rule their Lordships…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Canton, November 24, 1760
Monday morning, Nov. 24. [1760] 7 Mr. Franklin’s Compliments to Mr. Canton, and is sorry to find that he cannot have the Pleasure of waiting on him this Evening, being…
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Benjamin Franklin to Cadwallader Colden, December 5, 1760
London, Dec. 5. 1760 5 Dear Sir, I take this first Opportunity of congratulating you most sincerely on your Accession to the Government of your Province, which I am the…
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Benjamin Franklin to Isaac Norris, December 16, 1760
London, December [16, 1760] 1 Dear Sir Agreeable to what I wrote in mine of the 13th. 2 I [have] ventur’d to agree by my Broker for the following […
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Benjamin Franklin to Joseph Morris, February 20, 1761
London Feby: 20th. 1761 Dear Friend I received your’s of Oct: 21 and Nov: 11 relating to the Library Affairs, 4 which I have endeavoured to comply with by engaging…
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Benjamin Franklin to Samuel Preston Moore, February 21, 1761
London, Feb. 21, 1761 Dear Sir I wrote to you per Capt. Calef, via New-York, that I had receiv’d yours 8 with a Copy of the Act that I had…
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Benjamin Franklin to Hugh Roberts, February 26, 1761
London, Feb. 26, 1761. Dear Friend, I think I have before acknowledg’d the Receipt of your Favour of the 15th. of the 5th. Month 1760. 8 (I use your own…
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Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, March 3, 1761
London, March 3. 1761 My dear Child I have wrote to you and [to] 5 my Friends per Capt. Hammet. 6 [My] Letters are in a little Box directed for…
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Benjamin Franklin to Edward Penington, May 9, 1761
London, May 9. 1761 Sir, I inclose you a Letter from your Kinsman Mr. Springet Penn, with whom I had no Acquaintance till lately, but have the Pleasure to find…
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Benjamin Franklin to Henry Wilmot, May 9, 1761
Cravenstreet, Saturday May 9. 1761 Sir, I have received the Act you mention, 6 and if tis convenient to you to call at my House on Monday morning any Hour…
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Benjamin Franklin to Springett Penn, June 30, 1761
Friday June 30. 61 Sir I have not yet obtained the Opinion of my Lawyer on the Title &c. 9 and am to be out of town tomorrow and next…
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Benjamin Franklin to Mary (Polly) Stevenson Hewson, July 7, 1761
Cravenstreet July 7. 1761 This is just to acquaint my dear Polly, that her good Mama, Mr. and Mrs. Strahan, and her Friend Franklin, purpose to be at Bromley on…
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Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, September 14, 1761
Utrecht in Holland, Sept. 14. 1761 My dear Child, I wrote to you just before we left London, that we were about to make a short Tour to Holland. 4…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough, October 1, 1761
Craven Street Friday Evening. [October 1761] 5 My Lord, Calling at the Board this Morning, I was informed that Application had been made by Governour Fauquier 6 for a Commission…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Hunter, October 9, 1761
London, Octobr 9. 1761 Dear Sir, I am extreamly concern’d at the News of the Death of my dear Friend Mr. Hunter, with whom I had so long liv’d and…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Coleman, October 12, 1761
London, Oct. 12. 1761 Dear Sir, I have received your obliging Favours of July 16. and Augt. 15. for which I thank you. 8 The Transit I think would not…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Cullen, October 21, 1761
London, 21st, October 1761 Dear Sir, I hear, that since I had the pleasure of seeing and conversing with you on the subject, you have wrote some of your sentiments…
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Benjamin Franklin to Henry Home, Lord Kames, October 21, 1761
London, Octr. 21, 1761 4 My dear Lord, It is long since I have afforded myself the Pleasure of writing to you. As I grow in Years I find I…
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Benjamin Franklin to Mary (Polly) Stevenson Hewson, October 29, 1761
Cravenstreet, Oct. 29. 61. My dear Polly’s good Mama bids me write two or three Lines by way of Apology for her so long omitting to write. She acknowledges the…