Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, April 5, 1756
[Hampton or Norfolk, c. April 5, 1756] 8 I came down here yesterday with Mr. Hunter, 9 who, you must think, is at present pretty well, to be able to…
[Hampton or Norfolk, c. April 5, 1756] 8 I came down here yesterday with Mr. Hunter, 9 who, you must think, is at present pretty well, to be able to…
Williamsburg, March 30. 1756 My dear Child I wrote to you via New York the Day after my Arrival, acquainting you that I had a fine Journey and Passage down…
[Williamsburg, March 25? 1756] 8 … about 5 aClock in the Afternoon, 9 tho’ I had been hinder’d near half a Day by Peter’s Illness. The 3d Day about 2…
[Hampton, Va., March 24, 1756] 6 Peter is now quite well. Present my Duty to Mother, and Love to the Children, and to all Friends. I shall write more particularly…
Frederictown, 5 March 21. 1756 Sunday My dear Child We got here yesterday Afternoon 6 and purpose Sailing to day, if the Wind be fair. Peter 7 was taken ill…
[Philadelphia, March 18, 1756] I forgot whose Tickets I sent you; 4 but you can write the names of the Managers, and the Numbers sign’d by each, and the 4th…
Philada. March 5. 1756 Dear Betsey Excuse my not writing to your good Mama and my other Friends. I am excessively hurried, and not very well. I shall send a…
Philada. March 1. 1756 Reverend Sir As the Forts are built, and the Ranging Companies in Motion beyond the Mountains, to cover the Inner Parts of the Country, I think…
Philada. March 1. 56 Dear Sir Orders are gone up to relieve Capt. Wayne’s Company. 8 I suppose he will apply here for his Pay. Capt. Arndt should make out…
Philadelphia, February 22, 1756. 2 Dear Child I condole with you, we have lost a most dear and valuable relation, 3 but it is the will of God and Nature…