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Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, April 5, 1756
[Hampton or Norfolk, c. April 5, 1756] 8 I came down here yesterday with Mr. Hunter, 9 who, you must think, is at present pretty well, to be able to…
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Thomas Dawson to Benjamin Franklin, April 2, 1756
[April 2, 1756] 6 Quum in Charta regia nobis concessum et confirmatum fuit, ut eos, qui se Literis et Studiis suis praecipue ornarunt, Gradibus academicis decoremus: Quum volumus in hujusmodi…
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Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, March 30, 1756
Williamsburg, March 30. 1756 My dear Child I wrote to you via New York the Day after my Arrival, acquainting you that I had a fine Journey and Passage down…
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Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, March 25, 1756
[Williamsburg, March 25? 1756] 8 … about 5 aClock in the Afternoon, 9 tho’ I had been hinder’d near half a Day by Peter’s Illness. The 3d Day about 2…
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Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, March 24, 1756
[Hampton, Va., March 24, 1756] 6 Peter is now quite well. Present my Duty to Mother, and Love to the Children, and to all Friends. I shall write more particularly…
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Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, March 21, 1756
Frederictown, 5 March 21. 1756 Sunday My dear Child We got here yesterday Afternoon 6 and purpose Sailing to day, if the Wind be fair. Peter 7 was taken ill…
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Benjamin Franklin to Elizabeth Hubbart, March 18, 1756
[Philadelphia, March 18, 1756] I forgot whose Tickets I sent you; 4 but you can write the names of the Managers, and the Numbers sign’d by each, and the 4th…
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Augustus Gottlieb Spangenberg to Benjamin Franklin, March 8, 1756
Bethl. March. 8th. 56. Honorable Sir, What you have done hitherto for the Defence of our County hath not been in Vain, but hath stopp’d our cruel Enemy from going…
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Benjamin Franklin to Elizabeth Hubbart, March 5, 1756
Philada. March 5. 1756 Dear Betsey Excuse my not writing to your good Mama and my other Friends. I am excessively hurried, and not very well. I shall send a…
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Benjamin Franklin to Augustus Gottlieb Spangenberg, March 1, 1756
Philada. March 1. 1756 Reverend Sir As the Forts are built, and the Ranging Companies in Motion beyond the Mountains, to cover the Inner Parts of the Country, I think…