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Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, May 9, 1753
Philad. May 9. 1753 Dear Sir I have your Favour of Jany. 30 6 and thank you for the Civility shown on my Recommendation to Mr. Harris. 7 What you…
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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 Elizabeth Gardner, June 4, 1753
June 4. 1753 Sister Elizabeth Please to receive the Bearer 5 into the Hospital, and entertain him there till the Physicians have considered his Case. Your Friend and Servant B…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, June 4, 1753
Philada. June 4. 1753 Sir The above is a Copy of mine per Reeves. 6 This is only to request you would send me here, the Quarto Abridgement of the…
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Benjamin Franklin to Joseph Huey, June 6, 1753
Philada. June 6. 1753 Sir, I received your kind Letter of the 2d Inst. and am glad to hear that you increase in Strength; I hope you will continue mending…
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Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, June 26, 1753
Newhaven in Connecticut June 26. 1753 Dear Friend I received a Letter from you on the Road hither, with one of the supplemental Papers on Electricity; and a Letter from…
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Benjamin Franklin to Hugh Roberts, July 16, 1753
Boston July 16. 1753 Dear Friend By a Vessel yesterday from London I receiv’d the enclos’d from the Agent Rd. Patridge, 4 which please to communicate to the Speaker. I…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Franklin, July 23, 1753
Boston July 23. 1753 Dear Son, I am pleas’d to learn by yours of the 12th that you have taken a circumstantial Account of the Appearances at Trumbles’s House, which…
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Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Clap, August 20, 1753
New York, Augt. 20. 1753 Dear Sir I arrived here well (Thanks to God) on Friday about Noon, and had the Pleasure of hearing from my Family, that all were…
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Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, September 1, 1753
Philadelphia, September 1753. 1 In my former Paper on this Subject, wrote first in 1747, enlarged and sent to England in 1749, 2 I considered the Sea as the grand…
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Benjamin Franklin to James Bowdoin, October 18, 1753
Philada. Oct. 18. 1753 Dear Sir I recollect that I promis’d to send you Dr. Brownrigg’s Treatise on Common Salt. 1 You will receive it herewith. I hope it may…
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Benjamin Franklin to Cadwallader Colden, October 25, 1753
Philada. Oct. 25. 1753 Dear Sir, This last Summer I have enjoy’d very little of the Pleasure of Reading or Writing. I made a long Journey to the Eastward, which…
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Benjamin Franklin to Samuel Johnson, October 27, 1753
Philada. Oct. 27. 1753 Dear Sir I herewith send you Twelve of the Noetica’s. Ten are bound as you desired; which are all I have of that best Paper, the…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, October 27, 1753
Philada. Oct. 27 1753 Dear Sir, I have your Favour of June 27, 2 and am quite surpriz’d at the Conduct of Mr. Harris. He is return’d to Maryland as…
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Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Clap, November 8, 1753
Philada. Nov. 8. 1753 Dear Sir, The first Intimation I find of the New Airpump, is in a Piece of Mr. Watson’s, read to the Royal Society, Feb. 20. 1752…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, November 16, 1753
[Philadelphia, November 16, 1753] I wrote to you via Bristol and desired you to bespeak some Letter and a Press for me. 7 I desired Mr. Hall to look out…
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Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, November 23, 1753
Philadelphia, Nov. 23, 1753 Dear Friend, In my last, via Virginia, I promised to send you per next ship, a small philosophical pacquet: But now having got the materials (old…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Smith, November 27, 1753
Philada. Nov. 27. 1753 Dear Sir, Having wrote you fully via Bristol, 9 I have now little to add. Matters relating to the Academy remain in Statu quo. A Majority…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, November 27, 1753
Philada. Nov. 27. 1753 Dear Sir I inclose you a Bill of Philip Gibbes jr. drawn on Messrs. Lascelles and Maxwell, Merchants in London, for £50 Sterling. Also a Bill…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, December 4, 1753
Philada. Dec. 4. 1753 Dear Sir, This serves to enclose second Bills for One Hundred Pound Sterling, sent per Richey. I am, ut supra. B Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin to Cadwallader Colden, December 6, 1753
Philada. Dec. 6. 1753 Dear Sir I receiv’d your Favour of the 29th past, with some Remarks on my meteorological Paper, 3 for which I thank you, and return some…
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Benjamin Franklin to Richard H. Jackson, December 6, 1753
Philada. Dec. 6. 1753 Sir I received your Favour of the 29th June, with the curious astronomical Piece, 6 for which please to accept my Thanks. Our Vessel fitted out…
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Benjamin Franklin to James Bowdoin, December 13, 1753
Philada. Dec. 13. 1753 Dear Sir I receiv’d your Favour of the 12th ult. with the Law of your Province for Regulating the Indian Trade, 3 for which I thank…
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Benjamin Franklin to Samuel Johnson, December 13, 1753
Philada. Dec. 13. 1753 Dear Sir, I received your Favour of the 5th Inst. and thank you for your kind Congratulations. 8 I wrote to you sometime since, and sent…
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Benjamin Franklin to Cadwallader Colden, January 1, 1754
Philada. Jan. 1. 1753 [1754] 7 Dear Sir, I have your Favour of the 3d past, with your Son’s Remarks on the Abbé Nollet’s Letters. 8 I think the Experiments…