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Peter Collinson to Benjamin Franklin, February 22, 1751
Londn Feby 22d. 1750/1 My Dear Friend On the other Side is the Account of the Books I now send. I next must thank thee for thine of the 27:…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, February 4, 1751
Philada. Feb. 4. 1750, 1 Dear Sir I wrote you per Capt. Budden, who sail’d the Beginning of December, and sent you a Bill of Exchange on Jonathan Gurnel &…
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Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, February 4, 1751
Philada. Feb. 4. 1750, 1 Dear Sir I receiv’d yours of Oct. 4. via New England, 9 with the Account of what you have laid out on Books and Mathematical…
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Benjamin Franklin to Samuel Johnson, January 9, 1751
Philada. Jan. 9. 1750, 1 Dear Sir I receiv’d your Favour of the 14th past, 2 with the Noetica, which I shall immediately put to press, for I think it…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Franklin, December 25, 1750
I have lately made an Experiment in Electricity that I desire never to repeat. Two nights ago being about to kill a Turkey by the Shock from two large Glass…
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Adam Thomson to David Hall, December 17, 1750
Philadelphia, December 17. 1750 Mr. Hall, A low Piece of insipid ironical Scurrility having appeared in Mr. Bradford’s last Paper, I think it altogether unworthy of any other Notice, than…
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Samuel Johnson to Benjamin Franklin, December 14, 1750
[December 14? 1750] 5 Perhaps as the [business?] of the 2d. Class is large some account of parts of Speech and Construction might be prescribed to the first Class. As…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, December 6, 1750
Philada. Dec. 6. 1750 Dear Sir I receiv’d your Favour of Augt. 31. per Mesnard, and Copy per Shirley who is just arrived. Mr. Joseph Crellius 2 is gone to…
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Benjamin Franklin to Samuel Johnson, November 22, 1750
Philada. Nov. 22. 1750 Dear Sir You are very obliging in your Compliments on my Sketch of the English School; 8 But I find ’tis deficient in the main Thing;…
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Samuel Johnson to Benjamin Franklin, November 1, 1750
[November 1750] Sir: As I could not make a tour to Philadelphia this Fall I have lately taken a Car’g [carriage] ride to several parts of this Colony and being…