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Catharine Greene to Benjamin Franklin, May 14, 1775
[May 14, 1775] My Dear Dear Friend Welcom a Hundred times Welcom to our once happy Land. Are you in Health and allow me to ask you the old question…
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Pennsylvania Assembly to Benjamin Franklin, May 9, 1775
May 9, 1775. Gentlemen , The Trust reposed in you, is of such a Nature, and the Modes of executing it, may be so diversified in the Course of your…
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Benjamin Franklin to David Hartley, May 8, 1775
Philada. May 8. 1775. Monday Dear Sir, I arrived here on Friday Evening, and the next morning was unanimously chosen by the General Assembly a Delegate for the ensuing Congress,…
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Benjamin Franklin to Joseph Galloway, May 8, 1775
Monday May 8. 75 My dear Friend I am much oblig’d by your kind Congratulations. I am concern’d at your Resolution of quitting public Life at a time when your…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, January 1, 1759
[1759–62, 1764–75?] Dear Sir, I have perus’d the Parts you put into my Hands of the new Work on Commerce, &c. and must own myself extreamly pleas’d with it. It…
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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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Jonathan Shipley to Benjamin Franklin, March 20, 1775
[On or after March 20, 1775?] [ First page or pages missing. ] Perhaps the Blunders and the Knavery of the Ministry which We are taught to call the Wisdom…
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Benjamin Franklin to Margaret Stevenson, March 17, 1775
[On or before March 20, 1775 4 ] Mrs. Stevenson is requested To deliver the broad Copper Plate at the Head of the Garret Stairs to Mr. Pownall; with one…
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John Fothergill to Benjamin Franklin, March 19, 1775
½ past 10 [March 19, 1775 6 ] Dear Dr. Be kind enough to take the charge of the inclosed and convey them at thy leisure. [ Deleted ] is…
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Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg to Benjamin Franklin, March 19, 1775
A Paris ce 19 mars 1775 Monsieur et cher Maitre Votre derniere lettre m’ayant eté remise par Mr. Williams m’a fait un plaisir singulier. L’avantage qu’il a de vous appartenir…