All Letters

Benjamin Franklin to Alexander Colden, June 2, 1773

London, June 2. 1773. Dear Sir I received yours of April 7. inclosing Coningham and Nesbit’s Bill on D. Harvey & Co for £200 8 with which your Account is…

William Strahan to Benjamin Franklin, May 1, 1773

New Street Thursday Afternoon [May, 1773? 7 ] Dear Sir Dont forget your Appointment tomorrow at 3, or soon after. I send you herewith the 10th. Vol. of the Statutes;…

Edmé-Louis Daubenton to Benjamin Franklin, May 31, 1773

au jardin du Roy ce 31. may. [1773] M. Daubenton le jeune a l’honneur de presenter son hommage à Monsieur franklin et de l’assurer de son respect en lui envoyant…

Benjamin Franklin to Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg, May 28, 1773

London, May 28 [-June 1]. 1773 Dear Sir, I have received your Favour of the 13th Instant with several Packets of the Sheets. I have examined more of them, and…

Daniel Wister to Benjamin Franklin, April 30, 1773

Philada: April 30th: 1773 Dear friend, You have undoubtedly been inform’d of my unhappy situation for three years past. I had engag’d too largely in business, contracted many bad debts,…

William B. Franklin to Benjamin Franklin, April 30, 1773

Philadelphia April 30th. 1773 Honoured Father, I wrote to you by Capt. All who left Town the day before Yesterday, and this morning I received a few Lines from you…

James Hunter to Benjamin Franklin, April 24, 1773

Philadelphia 24 [April, 1773] Honoured Sir I Received yours of the 10th of February, by which I was told to Draw upon you for eighty seven pounds ten shillings sterling,…

Benjamin Franklin to Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg, April 23, 1773

Londres, 23 Avril 1773. Vous verrez par le papier ci-joint du Docteur Solander, que cette herbe (Poke-Weed) dans laquelle on a trouvé un remede spécifique du cancer, est précisément l’espece…

Jonathan Jr Williams to Benjamin Franklin, April 22, 1773

Thomas Cushing to Benjamin Franklin, April 22, 1773

Inclosed you have a number of the Pamphlets Containing the Governors Speaches and the Answers of the two Houses with which you may Accomodate some few of your Freinds. 1…

John Mervin Nooth to Benjamin Franklin, January 1, 1766

[Before April 22, 1773 10 ] It must undoubtedly appear extraordinary, that, in the present age, when the study of electricity is become so general, and the advances that have…

William Henly to Benjamin Franklin, April 18, 1773

Sunday Evening Apl 18. 1773 Dear Sir I am much pleased that I went to the Society last [night?] I am now sensible what the crown is, which Mr. [Wilson?]…

Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg to Benjamin Franklin, April 15, 1773

Paris, 15 Avril 1773. Monsieur, Moitié dormant, moitié éveillé, j’ai beaucoup rêvé la nuit derniere. Il faut vous dire sur quoi, et comment, afin que vous jugiez si ce sont…

Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg to Benjamin Franklin, April 11, 1773

11e. avril 1773. 3 [ Beginning lost. ] M. Dalibard avoit un tableau magique tres bon, et une grande cucurbite dont il s’etoit fait une bonne bouteille de Leyde. 4…

Benjamin Franklin to William Deane, April 11, 1773

London, April 11. 1773 Dear Sir, Miss Martin that was, now Mrs. Blacker, being about to return to Dublin, 7 I cannot omit the Opportunity it gives me of chatting…

Benjamin Franklin to Richard Woodward, April 10, 1773

London, April 10. 1773 Reverend Sir Desirous of being reviv’d in your Memory, I take this Opportunity by my good Friend Mrs. Blacker, of sending you a printed Piece, and…

Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Cushing, April 3, 1773

London, April 3. 1773 Sir My last was of the 9th past, since which nothing material has occurr’d relating to the Colonies. The Assembly’s Answer to Gov. Hutchinson’s Speech is…

Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg to Benjamin Franklin, April 1, 1773

A Paris, premier Avril 1773 Monsieur, Depuis six mois que je suis occupé presque sans relâche de la traduction et de l’édition de vos Oeuvres, je me suis un peu…

Benjamin Franklin to Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg, March 1, 1773

[March?, 9 1773] J’appréhende bien de ne pouvoir trouver le tems de faire sur cette matiere toutes les recherches et les expériences qui seroient à désirer. Je me bornerai donc…

Benjamin Franklin to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, March 30, 1773

London, March 30 [1773] Dear Sir You punish my delay of writing to you very properly by not writing to me. It is long since I have had the Pleasure…