Benjamin Franklin to Ezra Stiles, July 10, 1755
Philada. July 10. 1755 Dear Sir This is only to acknowledge the Receipt of three very agreable Letters from you, 9 and to promise an Answer as soon as I…
Ezra Stiles was an American educator, academic, Congregationalist minister, theologian, and author. He is noted as the seventh president of Yale College (1778-1795) and one of the founders of Brown University. According to religious historian Timothy L. Hall, Stiles' tenure at Yale distinguishes him as "one of the first great American college presidents."
Philada. July 10. 1755 Dear Sir This is only to acknowledge the Receipt of three very agreable Letters from you, 9 and to promise an Answer as soon as I…
Philada. Sept. 1. 1755. Dear Sir At the same time I acknowledge the Receipt of your Favours of March 12th from New Haven, 8 and May 20th. from Newport, 9…
New York, May 23. 1757 Dear Sir, I have been waiting here near Six Weeks for the sailing of the Pacquet, and know not yet when that will be. 7…
New York, June 2. 1757 Dear Sir, Having waited here near Eight Weeks for a Passage to England, we are at length told we shall certainly sail tomorrow. For your…
Philada. May 29. 1763 Dear Sir, I have now before me your Favours of Jany. 31. and March 1. the Receipt of which I ought sooner to have acknowledged. 9…
London, July 22. 1772 Dear Sir This will be deliver’d to you by our common Friend Mr. Marchant. He has had a difficult Negociation here, to obtain Money from a…
Braintree Nov r: 4. 1788. Sir. Last night, I received the Letter you did me the Honour to write me, on the thirteenth of September, informing me of the Honour…