Mary (Polly) Stevenson Hewson to Benjamin Franklin, June 15, 1765
June 15, 1765 My dear Sir I am heartily glad you made up the quarrel without coming to blows; and as we hope to find you peaceable and happy, we…
June 15, 1765 My dear Sir I am heartily glad you made up the quarrel without coming to blows; and as we hope to find you peaceable and happy, we…
[June 15, 1765] 5 Mr. Franklin did not know of the Message this Morning till the Servant was gone; he has since been ready to beat Mrs. Stevenson for declining…
Philadelphia. June 14. 1765. Honoured Sir Inclosed you will have as far a general State of the Accounts, as I could hitherto get done: 7 by the Dates’ thereof, you…
London, June 8. 1765 Dear Sir, If, according to the Custom here, I congratulate you on your having a severe Fit of the Gout, 9 I cannot avoid mixing some…
London, June 8. 1765 Dear Mr. Hall I received yours of Feb. 25. via Londonderry and the Copy, with one of March 15. per Capt. Bingley; I have also yours…
London, June 4. 1765 My dear Child I have now before me your Favours of April 13, 15, 17, 23, May 14, 18, 20. not so many Letters as Dates,…
New Street Saturday May 4. [1765 or 1771] 7 Mr. Strahan presents his affectionate Respects to Dr. Franklin, and begs leave, (as is now the Custom in Affairs of Importance,)…
Willmington on Cape Fear River North Carolina May 2d. 1765 Dear Sir The Assembly of this Colony having voted one hundred Pounds Sterling towards the Establishment of a Post thro…
[May 2, 1765] The North-American agents beg you will insert the following card, in answer to Mr. C. D——’s letter in your Saturday’s paper. The agents of North-America present their…
[Ham]burgh 30th. April 1765 Dear Sir Your favour of the 3d. March I answer’d the 12th. 3 which I hope Came to your hand when I wrote I expected to…