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Benjamin Franklin to Timothy Horsfield, March 1, 1756
Philada. March 1. 56 Dear Sir Orders are gone up to relieve Capt. Wayne’s Company. 8 I suppose he will apply here for his Pay. Capt. Arndt should make out…
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Augustus Gottlieb Spangenberg to Benjamin Franklin, February 25, 1756
Bethl. Febr: 25. 1756. Honourable Sir Mr. Nathanael Seidel, 4 the Bearer of this, can tell you, how it goes in our Parts, especially with the Refugees, residing as yet…
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Robert Hunter Morris to Benjamin Franklin, February 24, 1756
[February 24, 1756] By THE Honourable Robert Hunter Morris, Esq; Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania and Counties of New-Castle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware.…
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Benjamin Franklin to Elizabeth Hubbart, February 22, 1756
Philadelphia, February 22, 1756. 2 Dear Child I condole with you, we have lost a most dear and valuable relation, 3 but it is the will of God and Nature…
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Elizabeth Hubbart to Benjamin Franklin, February 16, 1756
Boston Febr. 16th. 1756 Dear Sir I enclose you a Catalouge of all the large and part of the small Books in my dear Papa’s Library, there are many other…
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Robert Charles to Pennsylvania Assembly Committee of Correspondence, February 16, 1756
[Golden Square, February 16, 1756] The Earl of Loudon, 6 a Nobleman of amiable Qualifications, and of great Character as an Officer, is appointed to command in Chief in America:…
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Benjamin Franklin to Jane Mecom, February 12, 1756
Philadelphia, 12 February, 1756. Dear Sister I condole with you on the loss of our dear brother. 8 As our number grows less, let us love one another proportionably more.…
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William Shirley to Benjamin Franklin, February 4, 1756
Boston, February 4, 1756. Sir, I was favoured with your Letter at New-York, dated the 2d of December, 4 acquainting me that your Assembly had sent a Present of Thirteen…
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—— to Benjamin Franklin, January 1, 1756
[January 1756] [hence?], that next morning 2 in several places of the Town the G[overnor] was found hangd in Effigie, one in particular was put in the pillory and underneath…
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Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, January 31, 1756
Fort Allen, Jan. 31, 1756 My Dear, I wrote a line to you yesterday, and having this opportunity, write another, just to let you know that we all continue well,…