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Thomas Viny to Benjamin Franklin, January 13, 1770
Tenterden Jany the 13th 1770 Sir I can attribute the respect you have shewn towards me to no other Cause but the Divine and manly Benevolence and Courtesy thats Characteristick…
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Benjamin Franklin to Joseph Galloway, January 11, 1770
London, Jan. 11. 1770 Dear Sir, Since mine of the 9th. past, I have received your Favour of Nov. 8. with the Bill for £500. Wharton on Whitmore; for which…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Bartram, January 11, 1770
London, Jan. 11, 1770. My ever dear Friend: I received your kind letter of Nov. 29, with the parcel of seeds, for which I am greatly obliged to you. I…
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Samuel Wharton to Benjamin Franklin, January 10, 1770
Wednesday Morning [January 10, 1770? 4 ] Dear Sir I was informed late last Night, That a Number of your and my Letters were lying at the New York Coffee…
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James Parker to Benjamin Franklin, January 4, 1770
Woodbridge Jan. 4, 1769 [1770] 2 Honoured Sir I am yet here about the Jersey Laws: I sent up to New York 8 Days ago, a Letter for you with…
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John Ewing to Benjamin Franklin, January 4, 1770
Philada. Janry. 4th 1769 4 Sir Our Philosophical Society have at Length ordered me to draw out an Account of our Observations of the Transits of Venus and Mercury to…
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Nevil Maskelyne to Benjamin Franklin, December 11, 1769
[Greenwich, December 11, 1769. The Astronomer Royal asks Franklin, when he next writes to Philadelphia, to inquire of Owen Biddle about the exact distances between the observation points for the…
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New Jersey Assembly Committee of Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin, December 7, 1769
Burlington Decemr. 7th. 1769 Sir The House of Representatives of this Colony on the 8th of last mo. unanimously chose you their Agent in London and appointed us to correspond…
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Benjamin Franklin to Adolf Benzelius, November 1, 1769
Saturday Evening [November or December, 1769 9 ] Dr. Franklin presents his best Respects to Mr. Benzel, and will be glad to see him and his Friend 1 tomorrow morning…
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James Parker to Benjamin Franklin, November 30, 1769
[Woodbridge, N.J., November 30, 1769. Has taken the journey from New York in the hope that it would help his recovery from the gout. Just back from a trip by…