1Franklin’s Conjecture on the Foregoing, [after 12 August 1772] (Franklin Papers)
Copy: the Royal Society The Aurora Boreales , tho’ visible almost every Night of clear Weather in...
2Minutes of the Committee on the Purfleet Magazine, 12–21 August 1772: résumé (Franklin Papers)
Copy: the Royal Society; partial copy: American Philosophical Society <August 12: The Committee...
3Instructions for testing the Torpedo Fish, 12 August 1772 (Franklin Papers)
ADS and incomplete draft: American Philosophical Society The role that Franklin played in John...
4From Benjamin Franklin to Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, 12 August 1772 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum I am concern’d to understand lately that you have...
5To Benjamin Franklin from Isaac L. Winn, 12 August 1772 (Franklin Papers)
LS : the Royal Society Winn was a pioneer in this attempt to apply observations on the aurora...
6[Diary entry: 12 August 1772] (Washington Papers)
12. After Breakfast the Gentlemen went away. Mrs. Cox continued, & I rid to my Ditchers at the Mill.
7[Diary entry: 12 August 1772] (Washington Papers)
12. Cooler than the preceeding days. Wind Northerly and weather quite clear.
8[Diary entry: 12 August 1772] (Washington Papers)
12. Also finished the Cut at Doeg Run about Jno. Gists Houses 53 Bushels.