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Benjamin Franklin to Mary (Polly) Stevenson Hewson, November 1, 1760
[November? 1760] 1 My dear Friend It is, as you observed in our late Conversation, a very general Opinion, that all Rivers run into the Sea , or deposite their…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Canton, November 24, 1760
Monday morning, Nov. 24. [1760] 7 Mr. Franklin’s Compliments to Mr. Canton, and is sorry to find that he cannot have the Pleasure of waiting on him this Evening, being…
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Benjamin Franklin to Isaac Norris, November 22, 1760
[November 22, 1760] The Share allotted by the Lords of the Treasury to Pensylvania and the Lower Counties, of the Parliamentary Grant for 1758, was £29,993. The Rule their Lordships…
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Benjamin Franklin to Isaac Norris, November 19, 1760
London, Novr. 19. 1760 Dear Sir This is just to acknowledge the Receipt of your Favours of August 24 and 27. with the Bill for £100 on Messrs. Thomlinson &c.…
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Benjamin Franklin to Mary (Polly) Stevenson Hewson, September 13, 1760
London, Sept. 13. 1760 My dear Friend, I have your agreable Letter from Bristol, 4 which I take this first Leisure Hour to answer, having for some time been much…
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Mary (Polly) Stevenson Hewson to Benjamin Franklin, August 1, 1760
[Bristol, August? 1760] 1 Dear Sir Since you are pleas’d to say you shall be glad of a Line from me I will find Leisure. In my Letter to my…
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Isaac Norris to Benjamin Franklin, August 27, 1760
Augt. 27th. 1760 B Franklin Above is Copy of my Last 6 by Captain Friend. This incloses a second Bill of Exchange for £100—Sterl N 1876 drawn by Colonel J.…
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William B. Franklin to Joseph Galloway, August 26, 1760
London, Tuesday, Augst. 26. 1760 My Dear Friend, The Mail was made up and sent for Falmouth on Saturday last, so that whether this may reach you by that Conveyance…
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David Hall to Benjamin Franklin, August 26, 1760
Philada. August 26. 1760. Sir, I received yours, of the 14th of June, with two Protests inclosed for £300 Bills of Exchange, 7 which I immediately presented to the Gentlemen…
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Isaac Norris to Benjamin Franklin, August 24, 1760
24th Augt, 1760 Dear Friend B. Franklin It is some Time since I wrote last, which I perceive by Your last, was come to hand, being Dated on the 15th…