Letter
Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, October 7, 1755
Philada. Oct. 7. 1755 Dear Sir I receiv’d your Favour of the 17th June per Mr. Winslow, 9 with a Paper inclos’d, that has given me very great Pleasure. I…
Topic
Letters about Founding Era
16,550 lettersLetter
Peter Collinson to Benjamin Franklin, October 5, 1755
[October 5, 1755] Can any Man be more wrong headed than your Governor not to pass the most equitable Law in the World. Our People at the Helm resent his…
Letter
William Plumsted to Overseers of the Poor, October 4, 1755
8ber [October] 4, 1755 To the Overseers of the Poor: There is several wife’s and widdows I understand in town whose husbands are wounded and killed in the late defeat,…
Letter
William Smith to Thomas Penn, September 1, 1755
[September? 1755] 8 Honored Sir To leave Room for other Things, I beg Leave to refer you to Mr. Chandler’s Letter for an Account of the Schools. 9 I have…
Letter
Ezra Stiles to Benjamin Franklin, September 22, 1755
NH. [New Haven] Septr. 22. 1755 Dear Sir I received your very kind and acceptable Favour by Mr. Allison, 8 with the MSS . accompanying it, for which you have…
Letter
Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Pownall, September 1, 1755
[before Sept. 20,] 1755 Conraed Weiser informs me that the Six Nations have actually sent a Message to the Indians in their Alliance at Aukwick and the Ohio, to sharpen…
Letter
William Shirley to Benjamin Franklin, September 17, 1755
Oswego Septr. 17th. 1755. Sir I have just receiv’d your two favours of the 1st. and 4th. of September; 3 in Answer to the former I inclose you a Copy…
Letter
William Shipley to Benjamin Franklin, September 13, 1755
Craigs’s Court September the 13th, 1755. Sir I believe that you will be supprised to hear from one who am an entire Stranger and living at so great a distance;…
Letter
Benjamin Franklin to Catharine Ray, September 11, 1755
Philada. Sept. 11. 1755 Begone, Business, for an Hour, at least, and let me chat a little with my Katy. I have now before me, my dear Girl, three of…
Letter
Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Hancock, September 11, 1755
Philadelphia 11th Sepbr. 1755. Sir You may remember that when I last had the Pleasure of seeing you, 9 I mention’d the Inconvenience attending the Want of a Fund to…