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Benjamin Franklin to Cadwalader Evans, March 17, 1770
London, Mar. 17. 1770 Dear Friend I received your Favour of Nov. 27. and thank you for the Information it contained relating to the Society. 8 Mr. Ewing has transmitted…
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Benjamin Franklin to Jane Mecom, March 15, 1770
London, 15 March, 1770. Dear Sister, I received your kind little letter of January 3d from Philadelphia. I am glad your visit thither proves agreeable to you. Since your family…
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John Perkins to Benjamin Franklin, March 12, 1770
Boston March 12 1770 Sir Just as I was about inclosing my papers 5 it came in my head to mention to you a notion I have sometimes had that…
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James Parker to Benjamin Franklin, March 8, 1770
NYork March 8. 1770 Honoured Sir My last to you was per Packet of the 20th Feb: and Capt. Munds being not yet sail’d, I have now to add. This…
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Daniel Roberdeau to Benjamin Franklin, February 27, 1770
Philada. April 30th. [ i.e. , February 27] 1770 8 Dear Sirs If by this time you have not succeeded in [the sale of my Plantation,] according to what I…
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Isaac L Winn to Benjamin Franklin, September 1, 1769
[Before February 1, 1770 1 ] Sir Tis a common and I am afraid just complaint, that Seamen are exceedingly backward in availing themselves of the discoveries which Men of…
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William Robertson to Benjamin Franklin, January 30, 1770
College of Edinburgh Janry 30th 1770 Dear Sir By some unlucky accident I could find no person to take the charge of Dr. Haven’s Diploma. 6 I have therefore got…
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Benjamin Franklin to Mary (Polly) Stevenson Hewson, January 22, 1770
Craven street Jan 22. —70 Dear Polly, I received your Favour of Saturday early this Morning, and am as usual much obliged by the kind Readiness with which you have…
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John Whitehurst to Benjamin Franklin, January 18, 1770
Derby 18 Jan, 1770 Dear Sir The natural tendency of philosophical minds to promote useful knowledge, seems to render an apology to you quite needless for the favour I’m going…
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Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Vernon, January 16, 1770
London, Jan. 16. 1770 Dear Sir The Bearer Mr. Bowman, intends for New York; and as he will be intirely a Stranger in Rhodeisland, I beg leave to recommend him…
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Thomas Viny to Benjamin Franklin, January 13, 1770
Tenterden Jany the 13th 1770 Sir I can attribute the respect you have shewn towards me to no other Cause but the Divine and manly Benevolence and Courtesy thats Characteristick…
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Benjamin Franklin to Joseph Galloway, January 11, 1770
London, Jan. 11. 1770 Dear Sir, Since mine of the 9th. past, I have received your Favour of Nov. 8. with the Bill for £500. Wharton on Whitmore; for which…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Bartram, January 11, 1770
London, Jan. 11, 1770. My ever dear Friend: I received your kind letter of Nov. 29, with the parcel of seeds, for which I am greatly obliged to you. I…
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Samuel Wharton to Benjamin Franklin, January 10, 1770
Wednesday Morning [January 10, 1770? 4 ] Dear Sir I was informed late last Night, That a Number of your and my Letters were lying at the New York Coffee…
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James Parker to Benjamin Franklin, January 4, 1770
Woodbridge Jan. 4, 1769 [1770] 2 Honoured Sir I am yet here about the Jersey Laws: I sent up to New York 8 Days ago, a Letter for you with…
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John Ewing to Benjamin Franklin, January 4, 1770
Philada. Janry. 4th 1769 4 Sir Our Philosophical Society have at Length ordered me to draw out an Account of our Observations of the Transits of Venus and Mercury to…
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Nevil Maskelyne to Benjamin Franklin, December 11, 1769
[Greenwich, December 11, 1769. The Astronomer Royal asks Franklin, when he next writes to Philadelphia, to inquire of Owen Biddle about the exact distances between the observation points for the…
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New Jersey Assembly Committee of Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin, December 7, 1769
Burlington Decemr. 7th. 1769 Sir The House of Representatives of this Colony on the 8th of last mo. unanimously chose you their Agent in London and appointed us to correspond…
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Benjamin Franklin to Adolf Benzelius, November 1, 1769
Saturday Evening [November or December, 1769 9 ] Dr. Franklin presents his best Respects to Mr. Benzel, and will be glad to see him and his Friend 1 tomorrow morning…
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James Parker to Benjamin Franklin, November 30, 1769
[Woodbridge, N.J., November 30, 1769. Has taken the journey from New York in the hope that it would help his recovery from the gout. Just back from a trip by…