1To Benjamin Franklin from John Baskerville, 24 August 1773 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I am enlarging My Foundry in Order to sell Types abroad, but first to our own Colonys; in Consequence of which I beg Your good Offices in sending them to any printing Houses You approve in any part of North America. You asked Me when in Town if My Types would set with Caslon’s; I can now answer Yes; within the Thickness of the paper I write on at farthest;...
2To Benjamin Franklin from John Baskerville, 7 September 1767 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania After having obtained the Reputation of excelling in the most useful Art known to Mankind; of which I have your Testimony; Is it not to the last Degree provoking, that I cannot get even bread by it? I must starve, had I no other Dependence. I have offered the London Booksellers to print for them within 5 per Cent. as low as their common Currency, but...