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To Benjamin Franklin from William and Mary Hewson, 22 March [1771–74]: résumé

From William and Mary Hewson

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<March 22, [1771–744]: a note in the third person, in Polly Hewson’s hand. Reminds Franklin that he has promised to dine with them next Thursday.>

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

4. The Hewsons were married in July, 1770, and he died suddenly in May, 1774. The invitation could have been in any March between those dates, and according to our practice we are assigning it to the earliest possible year.

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    To Benjamin Franklin from William and Mary Hewson, 22 March [1771–74]: résumé
    Authors
    Hewson, William
    Hewson, Mary (Polly) Stevenson
    Recipient
    Franklin, Benjamin
    Date
    March 1771 – March 1774

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    “To Benjamin Franklin from William and Mary Hewson, 22 March [1771–74]: résumé,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-18-02-0039. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 18, January 1 through December 31, 1771, ed. William B. Willcox. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1974, p. 62.]