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Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, November 4, 1754
Boston, Nov. 4. 1754 Dear Sir I am favoured with yours of July 31. and Augt. 5. which came to hand since my Arrival here. 4 I hear from Mr.…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Franklin, October 14, 1754
Boston, Oct. 14. 1754 Dear Son, I have yours of the 4th Inst. 6 and find the Election has turn’d out as I expected. 7 I am glad Rutherford has…
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Benjamin Franklin to Richard Peters, September 17, 1754
New York, Sept. 17. 1754 Dear Sir The Bearer, Mr. Elphinston, 5 has a secret Art, by which he teaches, even a veteran Scrawler, to write fairly in 30 Hours.…
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Thomas Turner to Benjamin Franklin, September 7, 1754
River Virga. 1 Septr. 7th. 1754. Sir At the Request of Col. Charles Carter 2 I send you our Governors proroguing Speech. 3 He and I came home last night…
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John Franklin to Benjamin Franklin, September 2, 1754
Boston Sepr 2d 1754 Dear Brother This may serve to Lett you Know that I expected to hear Complaints from Philadelphia of hot wether since we had hear about the…
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Benjamin Franklin to Cadwallader Colden, August 30, 1754
Philada. Augt. 30. 1754 Dear Sir I have now before me your Favours of July 23. and August 5th. 5 I return Mr. Pyke’s Philosophia sacra. 6 His Manner of…
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Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, August 8, 1754
Philada. Augt. 8. 1754 Dear Sir The above is Copy of my last. 5 Not receiving the Printing House as expected last Spring, has been a considerable Disappointment; 6 but…
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Henry Melchior Muhlenberg to Benjamin Franklin, August 3, 1754
Providence Augt. 3d. 1754 6 That he rejoiced much in hearing an illustrious Society at home had undertaken to sollicit a Charity and carry on a Scheme for promoting the…
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Benjamin Franklin to Jacques de Romas, July 29, 1754
Philadelphia, July 29. 1754 Sir, Your most obliging Favour of Octob. 19 5 with your two very ingenious Memoirs on the subject of Electricity, 6 came not to hand till…
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Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, July 29, 1754
Philada. July 29. 1754 Dear Sir, I am just return’d from Albany, where were Commissioners from seven Provinces to treat with the Indians of the Six Nations. I suppose the…