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Nathan Whiting to Benjamin Franklin, January 16, 1754
New York Jany 16 1754 Dear Sir In my passage to N York I met the Post by whom Received your Letter 2 by it percieve you have Suspended the…
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Peter Collinson to Benjamin Franklin, January 14, 1754
Lond: Jry 14: 1753 [1754] My Dear Friend I am so disheartend at the Loss of Capt. Davis, that I cannot tell how to sett Penn to paper. 8 I…
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Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Darling, January 1, 1754
Philada. Jan. 1. 1753[1754] Gentlemen, I received your Money of Mr. Willing, and will remit it to London as soon as I have your Orders to whom. I expect the…
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Benjamin Franklin to Cadwallader Colden, January 1, 1754
Philada. Jan. 1. 1753 [1754] 7 Dear Sir, I have your Favour of the 3d past, with your Son’s Remarks on the Abbé Nollet’s Letters. 8 I think the Experiments…
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Benjamin Franklin to James Alexander, January 1, 1753
[1753?] 4 Suppose a tube of any length open at both ends, and containing a moveable wire of just the same length, that fills its bore. If I attempt to…
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James Alexander to Benjamin Franklin, January 1, 1753
[1753?] 2 If I remember right, the Royal Society made one experiment to discover the velocity of the electric fire, by a wire of about four miles in length, supported…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Franklin, January 1, 1753
[1753?] 3 [ Missing ] Riding offend the Part, and occasion small Ulcers. The Bougie or Wax Candle I have heard is excellent in such Cases. But whether it be…
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Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, January 1, 1753
[1753?] With regard to the Germans, I think Methods of great tenderness should be used, and nothing that looks like a hardship be imposed. Their fondness for their own Language…
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Benjamin Franklin to Samuel Johnson, December 13, 1753
Philada. Dec. 13. 1753 Dear Sir, I received your Favour of the 5th Inst. and thank you for your kind Congratulations. 8 I wrote to you sometime since, and sent…
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Benjamin Franklin to James Bowdoin, December 13, 1753
Philada. Dec. 13. 1753 Dear Sir I receiv’d your Favour of the 12th ult. with the Law of your Province for Regulating the Indian Trade, 3 for which I thank…