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Benjamin Franklin praises Thomas Hollis as a remarkable benefactor to America and a model of public service, contrasting his impactful life with the trivial pursuits of many wealthy gentlemen. Franklin acknowledges Hollis's efforts in promoting important English writings that benefit society broadly and across generations. He also notes their limited personal acquaintance despite occasional meetings in learned societies.
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Grosvenor Square Oct r. 18. 1787 1 Dear Sir Let me thank you kindly and cordially for your Letter of the fifteenth. Such is the melancholly Lot of Humanity, that…
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Fountain Inn, Portsmouth, April 5, 1788. My Dear Sir, If ever there was any philosophic solitude, your two friends have found it in this place, where we have been wind…
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Fountain Inn, Cowes, Isle of Wight, April 9, 1788. Dear Sir, I have, to day, received your kind letter of the 7th and the valuable books that accompanied it. Mariana,…
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NewYork June 1 1790 My dear friend Nothing mortifies me more than the difficulty I find to maintain that correspondence with you which when I left England I thought would…
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New York June 11 th 1790 Dear Sir I have received your kind letter of March 29 th and the packet of pamphlets, and I pray you to accept of…
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New-York, September 6, 1790. My Dear Sir, You ask, in one of your letters to Mr. Adams, what is become of Mrs. Adams that I do not hear from her?…
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Philadelphia February 19 th 1792 Dear Sir— I ought not to neglect an opportunity by Col o: Smith to assure you by a few lines, of the continuance of my…