Benjamin Franklin to Jane Mecom, June 10, 1756
Philada. June 10. 1756 Dear Sister, We wrote to you per Capt. Morton who sailed yesterday, 2 and sent you a few Things that may be of some Use perhaps…
Philada. June 10. 1756 Dear Sister, We wrote to you per Capt. Morton who sailed yesterday, 2 and sent you a few Things that may be of some Use perhaps…
Philada. June 7. 1756 Dear Kinsman I send you per Capt. Morton 6 20 Reams whited Brown Paper, and 10 of blue. Please to acquaint Mr. Langdon 7 of it;…
London 1757 [May 27, 1756?] 6 I have the pleasure to tell thee how much thou art esteemed by many worthy men here: for on the Ballot for thy Election…
Philada. May 15. 1756 Sir We are honoured with your several Letters of the 5th. 7th. 8th. 9th. 10th and 13th Instant, 7 and have complied, as far as we…
At THE Borough OF Norfolk the Tenth Day of April One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty six The which Day in Presence of the Worshipfull Richard Kelsick Esquire 4 Mayor…
[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…
[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…
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…
[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…
[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…