Peter Collinson to Benjamin Franklin, July 3, 1750
Lond. July 3d: 1750 My Worthy Friend B: Franklin I received thy Letter from the Trustees and Bill per £100 on Jno Gurnell & Company which is accepted. 1 I…
Lond. July 3d: 1750 My Worthy Friend B: Franklin I received thy Letter from the Trustees and Bill per £100 on Jno Gurnell & Company which is accepted. 1 I…
[June, 1750] 7 [ First part missing ] Pray give my respects to Lewis Evans. 8 I have not Time to write to Him but I putt his Mapps to…
Philada. June 28. 1750 Sir I wrote a Line to you last Post, and sent you some Electrical Observations and Experiments. You formerly had those Papers of mine out of…
Philada. June 2. 1750 Dear Sir The Person from whom you had the Power of Attorney to receive a Legacy, was born in Holland, and at first call’d Aletta Crell;…
[May 10, 1750] 1 [ First part missing ] Seat of London. I drew it 2 up at first only for the use of my Son, and had no further…
Lond. Aprill 25 1750 I wish I have before this advised my Worthy Friend that his pacquet per Cap. Clark came at last to my Hands, with the Electrical Papers,…
Philada. April 12. 1750 Honoured Mother We received your kind Letter of the 2d Instant, 7 and are glad to hear you still enjoy such a Measure of Health, notwithstanding…
[March 2, 1750] 1 I was very much pleased with some ingenious papers in the late Transactions on the subject of electricity. 2 There is something however in the experiments…
Stenton 12 mo [February] 28 1749/50 Dear Peter I have Spent most of this day for the first time with thy friend Kalm accompanied with B. Franklin, and I know…
Plymouth, Feb. 26, 1750 My dear Mr. F[ranklin], Ever since I received your last kind letter, I have been endeavouring to redeem some time to answer it, but till now…