Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, December 19, 1756
Philada. Dec. 19. 1756 Dear Friend I have now the Pleasure of yours of the 7th and 10th. of September, and have received the old Book of Voyages, the Magazines…
Philada. Dec. 19. 1756 Dear Friend I have now the Pleasure of yours of the 7th and 10th. of September, and have received the old Book of Voyages, the Magazines…
Bethl. 29. Nov. 56. Sir, To wait on you at Bethlehem, on your Return from Easton to Philadelphia, would have been a great Satisfaction to many of us, who have…
Bethm. Novr. 29. 56 Gentlemen I Received the Cash £21 4 s . for the Account per Mr. Edmonds 4 for which I Return my harty thanks. Would now Inform…
[November 24, 1756] May it please your Honour , You were pleased by your Message, at the Beginning of this Session, 8 to represent to us the Expediency of framing…
Philada. Nov. 22. 1756 Dear Friend Since mine of the 5th Instant, a long one, per Capt. Snead, I have receiv’d the Air Pump and Apparatus per Rankin. 7 There…
Easton, Saturday Morning, Nov. 13, 1756. My Dear Child, I wrote to you a few days since, by a special messenger, and inclosed letters, for all our wives and sweethearts;…
Nov. 5. 1756 Dear Friend The above is a Copy of my last, and I now send the two second Bills of Steevens and Ludwell. 9 I wrote then in…
[October 29, 1756] May it please your Honour , We have considered your Honour’s Message of this Day, with Lord Loudoun’s Letter, laid before us at the Beginning of the…
In Assembly Septr. 24, 1756 Pay to Benjamin Franklin, or Order, the Sum of Two hundred and Ten Pounds, Thirteen Shillings and Ninepence Halfpenny; being the Ballance of his Account…
In Assembly   Septr. 24  175  6 This is to certify, that   Benjamin Franklin  has attended as a Member of Assembly for the   Ci  ty of  Philadelphia.  108…