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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4751 | Franklin, Benjamin | Franklin, Josiah | From Benjamin Franklin to Josiah and Abiah Franklin, 6 … | 1744-09-06 | ALS : American Philosophical Society I apprehend I am too busy in prescribing, and meddling in... |
| 4752 | Franklin, Benjamin | Strahan, William | From Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, 31 July 1744 | 1744-07-31 | ALS : University of Pennsylvania Library The above is a Copy of my last (via Corke). This... |
| 4753 | Franklin, Benjamin | Strahan, William | From Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, 4 July 1744 | 1744-07-04 | ALS : Yale University Library; also duplicate: University of Pennsylvania Library I receiv’d your... |
| 4754 | Franklin, Benjamin | Benger, Elliott | Benjamin Franklin and Robert Grace to Elliott Benger … | 1744-04-25 | Copy: Land Office, Department of Internal Affairs, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Know all Men by... |
| 4755 | Franklin, Benjamin | Colden, Cadwallader | From Benjamin Franklin to Cadwallader Colden, 5 April … | 1744-04-05 | ALS : New-York Historical Society; also transcript: Library of Congress Happening to be in this... |
| 4756 | Franklin, Benjamin | Preface to Logan’s Cato Major, 29 February 1744 | 1744-02-29 | M.T. Cicero’s Cato Major, or His Discourse of Old-Age: With Explanatory Notes. Philadelphia:... | |
| 4757 | Franklin, Benjamin | Poor Richard, 1743 | ≈1743-01-01 | Poor Richard, 1743. An Almanack For the Year of Christ 1743 ,... By Richard Saunders, Philom.... | |
| 4758 | Franklin, Benjamin | Extracts from the Gazette, 1743 | ≈1743-01-04 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , January 4 to December 29, 1743. On Wednesday the 5th... | |
| 4759 | Franklin, Benjamin | Colden, Cadwallader | From Benjamin Franklin to Cadwallader Colden, 4 … | 1743-11-04 | ALS : New-York Historical Society; also transcript: Library of Congress I received the Favour of... |
| 4760 | Franklin, Benjamin | Mecom, Jane | From Benjamin Franklin to Jane Mecom, 28 July 1743 | 1743-07-28 | ALS : American Philosophical Society I took your Admonition very kindly, and was far from being... |
| 4761 | Franklin, Benjamin | Strahan, William | From Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, 10 July 1743 | 1743-07-10 | ALS : Columbia University Library Mr. Read has communicated to me part of a Letter from you,... |
| 4762 | Franklin, Benjamin | [Shavers and Trimmers; and To the Publick, 23 and 30 … | ≈1743-06-23 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , June 23 and 30, 1743. The first of these pieces, to which... | |
| 4763 | Franklin, Benjamin | A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge, 14 May 1743 | 1743-05-14 | Broadside: Yale University Library A proposal Franklin drafted in 1743 to found an academy in... | |
| 4764 | Franklin, Benjamin | Distribution of the Mail, April 1743 | ≈1743-04-01 | Draft: American Philosophical Society This document obviously belongs to the period of Franklin’s... | |
| 4765 | Franklin, Benjamin | Articles of the Union Fire Company, 31 January 1743 | 1743-01-31 | MS Minute Book, Union Fire Company: Library Company of Philadelphia The Union Fire Company’s... | |
| 4766 | Franklin, Benjamin | Poor Richard, 1742 | ≈1742-01-01 | Poor Richard, 1742. An Almanack For the Year of Christ 1742 ,... By Richard Saunders, Philom.... | |
| 4767 | Franklin, Benjamin | I Sing My Plain Country Joan, 1742 | ≈1742-01-01 | MS : American Philosophical Society There can be little doubt that Franklin composed these verses... | |
| 4768 | Franklin, Benjamin | Extracts from the Gazette, 1742 | ≈1742-01-06 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , January 6 to December 30, 1742. [ Advertisement ] Eben aus... | |
| 4769 | Franklin, Benjamin | Card to the Public, 23 September 1742 | 1742-09-23 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , September 23, 1742. It being asserted in a printed Paper,... | |
| 4770 | Franklin, Benjamin | Articles of Agreement with James Parker, 20 February … | 1742-02-20 | ADS : American Philosophical Society Articles of Agreement indented made the twentieth Day of... | |
| 4771 | Franklin, Benjamin | Poor Richard, 1741 | ≈1741-01-01 | Poor Richard, 1741. An Almanack For the Year of Christ 1741 ,... By Richard Saunders, Philom.... | |
| 4772 | Franklin, Benjamin | Introduction to The New-Year’s Gift, 1741 | ≈1741-01-01 | Printed in The New-Year’s Gift; or a Pocket Almanack, For the Year 1741 . Philadelphia Printed... | |
| 4773 | Franklin, Benjamin | Extracts from the Gazette, 1741 | ≈1741-01-01 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , January 1 to December 29, 1741. Our River has been fast... | |
| 4774 | Franklin, Benjamin | A Short Account of the Library, [13 July 1741] | 1741-07-13 | Printed in A Catalogue of Books belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia . Philadelphia:... | |
| 4775 | Franklin, Benjamin | Teague’s Advertisement, 26 February 1741 | 1741-02-26 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , February 26, 1741; also draft: American Philosophical... | |
| 4776 | Franklin, Benjamin | Advertisement in the General Magazine, [16 February … | 1741-02-16 | Printed in The General Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for all the British Plantations in... | |
| 4777 | Franklin, Benjamin | An Account of the Export of Provisions from … | 1741-02-16 | Printed in The General Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for all the British Plantations in... | |
| 4778 | Franklin, Benjamin | Poor Richard, 1740 | ≈1740-01-01 | Poor Richard, 1740. An Almanack For the Year of Christ 1740 ,... By Richard Saunders, Philom.... | |
| 4779 | Franklin, Benjamin | Extracts from the Gazette, 1740 | ≈1740-01-03 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , January 3 to December 25, 1740. We hear from Georgia by Way... | |
| 4780 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Postmaster and the Mercury, 11 December 1740 | 1740-12-11 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , December 11, 1740. The Publick has been entertain’d for... | |
| 4781 | Franklin, Benjamin | Advertisement of the General Magazine, 13 November 1740 | 1740-11-13 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , November 13, 1740. The American Weekly Mercury , November... | |
| 4782 | Franklin, Benjamin | Statement of Editorial Policy, 24 July 1740 | 1740-07-24 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , July 24, 1740. George Whitefield’s doctrine and eloquence... | |
| 4783 | Franklin, Benjamin | Note on Closing the Concert Room, 8 May 1740 | 1740-05-08 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette May 8, 1740. Dancing parties and concerts by a musical club,... | |
| 4784 | Franklin, Benjamin | Poor Richard, 1739 | ≈1739-01-01 | Poor Richard, 1739. An Almanack For the Year of Christ 1739 ,... By Richard Saunders, Philom.... | |
| 4785 | Franklin, Benjamin | Extracts from the Gazette, 1739 | ≈1739-01-04 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , January 4 to December 27, 1739. [ Advertisement ] Benjamin... | |
| 4786 | Franklin, Benjamin | Shop Book, 1735–39 | ≈1735-11-14 | MS Account Book: American Philosophical Society The Shop Book is a manuscript volume and business... | |
| 4787 | Franklin, Benjamin | Poor Richard, 1738 | ≈1738-01-01 | Poor Richard, 1738. An Almanack For the Year of Christ 1738 ,... By Richard Saunders, Philom.... | |
| 4788 | Franklin, Benjamin | Extracts from the Gazette, 1738 | ≈1738-01-03 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , January 3 to December 28, 1738. [ Advertisement ] To... | |
| 4789 | Franklin, Benjamin | Corin, Isaac | From Benjamin Franklin to Isaac Corin, 22 December 1738 | 1738-12-22 | ALS : American Philosophical Society Please to let the Bearer Stephen Potts have a pair of... |
| 4790 | Franklin, Benjamin | Ladd, John | From Benjamin Franklin to John Ladd, 12 June 1738 | 1738-06-12 | Transcript: Historical Society of Haddonfield (N.J.) I send you the Ladies Library and the other... |
| 4791 | Franklin, Benjamin | Franklin, Josiah | From Benjamin Franklin to Josiah Franklin, [May 1738?] | ≈1738-05-01 | Incomplete draft: Historical Society of Pennsylvania I received your kind Letter of the 4th of... |
| 4792 | Franklin, Benjamin | Franklin, Josiah | From Benjamin Franklin to Josiah and Abiah Franklin, 13 … | 1738-04-13 | Draft: Historical Society of Pennsylvania I have your Favour of the 21st of March in which you... |
| 4793 | Franklin, Benjamin | A Defense of Conduct, 15 February 1738 | 1738-02-15 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , February 15, 1737/8. Dr. Evan Jones, “chymist” at the... | |
| 4794 | Franklin, Benjamin | Poor Richard, 1737 | ≈1737-01-01 | Poor Richard, 1737. An Almanack For the Year of Christ 1737 ,... By Richard Saunders, Philom.... | |
| 4795 | Franklin, Benjamin | Logan, James | From Benjamin Franklin to James Logan, 1737 | ≈1737-01-01 | Transcript: Harvard College Library (Sparks) Having read the Chapter on Moral Good or Virtue,... |
| 4796 | Franklin, Benjamin | Extracts from the Gazette, 1737 | ≈1737-01-06 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , January 6 to December 29, 1737. Thursday Evening last [... | |
| 4797 | Franklin, Benjamin | [Causes of Earthquakes, 15 and 22 December 1737] | ≈1737-12-15 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , December 15 and 22, 1737. An earthquake felt in the Middle... | |
| 4798 | Franklin, Benjamin | [On Freedom of Speech and the Press, 17 November 1737] | 1737-11-17 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , November 17, 1737, and following issues. Duane ( Works , IV... | |
| 4799 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Drinker’s Dictionary, 13 January 1737 | 1737-01-13 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , January 13, 1736/7. In his Silence Dogood Letter, No. 12... | |
| 4800 | Franklin, Benjamin | Poor Richard, 1736 | ≈1736-01-01 | Poor Richard, 1736. An Almanack For the Year of Christ 1736 , ... By Richard Saunders, Philom.... |