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46,149 lettersPhiladelphia, October 19, 1770. Sir, In Pursuance of the Directions of the House of Assembly to the Committee of Correspondence, we inclose you their Resolves, appointing us that Committee, and…
[Oct. 17, 1770. Is going on a long journey and wants Franklin to pay the balance due from five years’ ground rent of property in Pewter Platter Alley. 1 The…
London, Oct. 2. 1770 Dear Sir, I received with great Pleasure the Assurances of your kind Remembrance of me, and the Continuance of your Goodwill towards me, in your Letter…
London, October 2, 1770. I see with pleasure that we think pretty much alike on the subjects of English America. We of the colonies have never insisted that we ought…
Newport Sept. 28. 1770 Dear Sir Yesterdy I received your Favor of 16 May ult with Relandi Analecta Rabbinica you was so obliging as to send me. 5 For which…
Philada. Septr. 28th. 1770 Dear Sir I am honoured with your favour of the 11th. June which lais me under great obligation; I should not have been so tardy in…
Philada. Septm 28th 1770 Esteemed friend This will Convey to thee an account of this Places Breaking through the non importation agreement which happened on the 20th by a Large…
Philada. Septr. 27. 1770 Dear Friend In the Midst of Hurry, I take up my Pen to write you a few Lines. Our Sup. Court and Assembly Sitting and our…
Knighton House. Isle Wight. Septr. 10. 1770. Dear Sir, I promised Dr. Hawkesworth that I w’d by this post acquaint you how eagerly we expect your arrival here, we were…
New York, 8 Septemr. 1770. Dear Sir, I used the Freedom to write you a few Lines at two times from Philadelphia. I have been here for sometime in the…
philada Septr 6 1770 Dear Sir My Son Thomas will have the Honor to deliver this to you; shall I beg you will condescend to advise and instruct a young…
3 Sepr. 1770 Dear Sir, Since my return to Scotland, I have been some days in the Country by which means I did not receive your Letter before yesterday. I…
Boston Augt 27th. 1770 Honoured Sir My Son Josiah is determined to go to London and I Belive Will Sail in about a month. I wish he might be accomidated…
London, Augt. 27. 1770. Reverend Sir, I received your Favour of June 14. with several Copies of your Observations of the Transit of Venus, for which I thank you. I…
London, Aug. 27, 1770. Dear Doctor I am favoured with yours of June 10. With this I send you our last Volume of Philosophical Transactions, wherein you will see printed…
Preceding From Pownall to Franklin [2 June 1769] Next From Pownall to Franklin [7 May 1771] All All correspondence between Pownall and Franklin
Boston July 13th: 1770 Sir It affords very great Satisfaction to the Town of Boston to find that the Narrative of the horrid Massacre perpetrated here on the 5th: of…
Wednesday P M. [before July 10, 1770 7 ] Dear Polly I send you a few of your Translations. 8 I did not put your Name as the Translator, (which…
New York, July 7, 1770. Honoured Sir, I have just Time to let you know that my poor Father departed this Life on Monday the 2d. Instant; his Disorder was…
London, July 6. 1770 Sir, I have now sent you the Mace and Gowns you ordered. 4 They are in two Boxes marked NWJ. No. 1, 2. and directed for…