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Benjamin Franklin to Timothy Horsfield, January 24, 1756
[Fort Allen, January 24, 1756] Foulk with his Company March this Day to build another Fort between this and Fort Lebanon in the Forks of Shuylkill. 9 He is to…
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Benjamin Franklin to ——, January 20, 1756
[Gnadenhütten, Jan. 20, 1756] We have been here since Sunday Afternoon: 4 That Day we had only Time to get up some Shelter from the Weather and the Enemy. Yesterday…
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Benjamin Franklin to Timothy Horsfield, January 16, 1756
Hayes’s 6 Jan. 16. 1756 Dear Sir I received your Favour, 7 and thank you for your kind Cautions. The Bearer, Mrs. McClean, is recommended to me as an Object…
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Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, January 15, 1756
Bethlehem, Jan. 15. 1756 My dear Child We move this Day for Gnadenhutten. 8 If you have not Cash sufficient, call upon Mr. Moore, 9 the Treasurer, with that Order…
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Benjamin Franklin to Robert Hunter Morris, January 14, 1756
Bethlehem, Jany. 14 1756 Sir As we drew near this Place, we met a Number of Waggons, and many People moving off with their Effects and Families from the Irish…
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Benjamin Franklin to ——, January 8, 1756
[Bethlehem, January 8, 1756] I arrived here last Night. 9 We met a Number of Waggons on the Road, moving off with the Effects of the People of Lehi Township.…
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Benjamin Franklin to ——, January 6, 1756
[Reading, January 6, 1756] Jacob Levan, 2 Esq; was sent by us to hear the Particulars of the Affair at Gnadenhutten, and fearing to go alone, sent Fifty-six Men over…
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Robert Hunter Morris to Benjamin Franklin, January 5, 1756
[January 5, 1756] The Honourable Robert Hunter Morris Esquire Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Province of Pensylvania and Counties of New Castle Kent and Sussex on Delaware.…
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William Hays to Robert Hunter Morris, January 3, 1756
[Allen’s-Town, January 3, 1756] I am sorry to inform you, by these Lines, of the bad News of our Defeat at Gnadenhutten. The Day you left Bethlehem, December 31, 4…
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Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, January 1, 1756
Reading, Jan. 1. 1756. 5 in the Evening My dear Child A happy New Year to you, and all Friends. We arrived here, all well, about two Hours ago. 8…