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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, October 14, 1754
Boston, Oct. 14. 1754 Dear Son, I have yours of the 4th Inst. 6 and find the Election has turn’d out as I expected. 7 I am glad Rutherford has…
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Letters to William B. Franklin
B. 1823 · D. 1903
William Buel Franklin was a career United States Army officer and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He rose to the rank of a corps commander in the Army of the Potomac, fighting in several notable battles in the eastern theater of the American Civil War. He also distinguished himself as a civil engineer before and after the war.
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23 letters
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, July 26, 1765
[July 26, 1765] No public business can go on till the ministry is established; 4 we have, however, so many friends among the ins , that we think of endeavoring,…
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, November 13, 1767
[November 13, 1767] Since my return, the affair of the Ilinois settlement has been renewed. 7 The King in Council referred the proposal to the Board of Trade, who called…
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, December 29, 1767
London, Dec. 29, 1767. Dear Son, 6 The resolutions of the Boston people concerning trade, make a great noise here. 7 Parliament has not yet taken notice of them, but…
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, January 9, 1768
London, Jan. 9, 1768. Dear Son, We have had so many alarms of changes which did not take place, that just when I wrote 7 it was thought the ministry…
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, April 16, 1768
London, April 16, 1768. Dear Son, Since my last, a long one of March 13, nothing has been talked or thought of here but elections. There have been amazing contests…
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, July 2, 1768
London, July 2, 1768. Dear Son, Since my last I have received yours of May 10 dated at Amboy, 1 which I shall answer particularly by next week’s packet. I…
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, October 5, 1768
October 5, 1768. The Harvest here is well got in, and is said to be a plentiful one; tho’ I never knew so wet a Summer. No great Matters have…
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, October 7, 1769
[October 7, 1769] It is very uncertain as yet what Turn American Affairs will take here on the Meeting of Parliament. The Friends of both Countries wish a reconciliation; the…
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, March 17, 1770
March 17, 1770 What you say with regard to advancing Money for Building Mills, Bloomeries, &c. 2 has a good deal in it, and I believe most of the Persons…
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, April 20, 1771
London, April 20. 1771 Dear Son, It is long since I have heard from you. The last Packet brought me no Letter, and there are two Packets now due. It…
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, January 30, 1772
London, Jan. 30. 1772 Dear Son, I have now before me yours of July 3. Aug. 3. Sept. 3. and Nov. 5. 4 All but the last came in my…
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, February 3, 1772
London, Feb. 3. 1772 Dear Son, This will be delivered to you by the Revd. Mr. Coombe, whom I recommend to your Friendship as a young Gentleman of great Merit,…
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, July 14, 1773
London, July 14. 1773. Dear Son, I received yours of April 5. and suppose I must have answered it, tho’ I find no such Answer in my Letter Book. I…
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, August 3, 1773
West Wycombe, Lord Le Despencer’s Aug. 3. 1773 Dear Son, I am com hither to spend a few Days and breathe a little fresh Air. Nothing material has occurr’d since…
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, September 1, 1773
London, Sept. 1 1773 Dear Son, I have now before me yours of July 5. and 6. The August Packet is not yet arrived. Dr. Cooper of New York’s Opinion…
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, October 6, 1773
London, October 6, 1773. Dear Son, I wrote to you on the 1st of last month, since which I have received yours of July 29, from New York. I know…
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, November 3, 1773
London, Nov. 3, 1773. Dear Son, I wrote you pretty fully by the last packet, and having had no line from you of later date than the beginning of August,…
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, January 5, 1774
London, Jan. 5, 1774. Dear Son, I received yours of October 29, and November 2. Your December packet is not yet arrived. No insinuations of the kind you mention, concerning…
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, February 18, 1774
Feb. 18 1774 Some tell me that it is determined to displace you likewise, but I do not know it as certain. I only give you the hint, as an…
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, September 7, 1774
London, Sept. 7. [1774] Dear Son, I received yours of July 3. from New York, with the Bill of Exchange for Forty Pounds, Cobham on Bond & Ryland, which is…
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Benjamin Franklin to William B. Franklin, March 22, 1775
On board the Pensylvania Packet Capt. Osborne, bound to Philadia. March 22. 1775. Dear Son Having now a little Leisure for Writing, I will endeavour, as I promised you, to…
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Simon Cameron to William B. Franklin, June 3, 1861
WaAR DEPARTMENT WaAR DEPARTMENT, June 3, 1861. Col. W. B. FRANKLIN, U.S. A., ‘ New York City: How many of the three years’ regiments south of Albany are organized? Order…