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Isaac Norris to Benjamin Franklin, September 25, 1759
Sept 25th 1759 My Dear friend B Franklin I was Unwell with a lurking fever all the While I was writing the above letters, 7 but they were no sooner…
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William B. Franklin to Peter Schuyler, June 19, 1759
London June 19, 1759 Dear Sir If I am found among the last in congratulating Col. Schuyler and my Country on his Release from Canada, 3 my Distance must be…
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David Hall to Benjamin Franklin, June 18, 1759
Philada. June 18. 1759. Sir, Being just going to set off on a Journey to the Sea Side with my Wife, 9 for the Benefit of her Health, have only…
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Benjamin Franklin to Isaac Norris, June 9, 1759
London June 9, 1759 Dear Sir It gives me great Pleasure to learn by yours of the 12th. of April, 7 that the Bill taxing the Proprietary Estate would pass.…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Heberden, June 7, 1759
Thursday June 7. ’59. Dear Sir I have been so long in determining which to chuse of the two Tourmalines, that I fear you begin to think me unreasonable enough…
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Isaac Norris to Benjamin Franklin, June 4, 1759
Fairhill June 4th. 1759. 4 Dear Friend B Franklin The Bills of Exchange I have remitted are as follows—to wit— There are unforseen Changes in consequence of this American War.…
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Board of Trade to Benjamin Franklin, June 1, 1759
Whitehall June 1st: 1759. To the Right honourable the Lords of the Committee of His Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council for Plantation Affairs. My Lords Pursuant to Your Lordship’s Order…
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Benjamin Franklin to Edward Hussey Delaval, May 17, 1759
[17 May 1759.] Edward Delaval M.A and Fellow of Pembroke Hall in Cambridge, 5 being personally known to us, and desirous of being elected into the Royal Society, we recommend…
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Benjamin Franklin to Printer of The London Chronicle, May 9, 1759
May 9, 1759. Sir, While the public attention is so much turned towards America, every letter from thence that promises new information, is pretty generally read; it seems therefore the…
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Benjamin Franklin to Mary (Polly) Stevenson Hewson, May 4, 1759
Craven Street, Friday, May 4, 1759. My dear Child, Hearing that you was in the Park last Sunday, I hop’d for the Pleasure of seeing you yesterday at the Oratorio…