Benjamin Franklin to William Shirley, July 1, 1756
[July 1756] Sir It might be of use to me with my Constituents, the Postmasters General in England, to whom I understand I am misrepresented as disaffected to the King’s…
[July 1756] Sir It might be of use to me with my Constituents, the Postmasters General in England, to whom I understand I am misrepresented as disaffected to the King’s…
Philada. Oct. 23. 1755. Sir I beg Leave to return your Excellency my sincerest and most hearty Thanks for your Letter of the 17th of September, 9 with the Orders…
Philada. May 22. 1755 Sir, Mr. Norris not being in Town, your Excellency’s Letter of the 14th Instant per Express, was delivered to me. 7 I immediately conven’d the Committee,…
Monday Morning [December 30? 1754] 7 [Sir] I return your Excellency the Papers you have been pleas’d to favour me with the Perusal of. 8 I really can think of…
Boston, Dec. 22, 1754 Sir, Since the conversation your Excellency was pleased to honour me with, on the subject of uniting the Colonies more intimately with Great Britain, by allowing…
Boston. December 4. 1754 Sir, I mention’d it Yesterday to your Excellency as my Opinion, that Excluding the People of the Colonies from all Share in the Choice of the…
Tuesday Morning [December 3, 1754]. 1 Sir, I return the loose sheets of the plan, with thanks to your Excellency for communicating them. I apprehend, that excluding the People of…
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