1Verses from Benjamin Franklin (the Elder), 7 July 1710 (Franklin Papers)
(1859), 9–12, 50–1, 86–7. A commonplace book kept by the elder Franklin at Boston and his treatise on dyeing and coloring are printed in Col. Soc. Mass.,
2Extracts from the Gazette, 1733 (Franklin Papers)
...found a Boy about nine Years of Age, (who had just been sent out by his Mother for a Can of Water) strugling for Life: the Child never spoke another Word, being shot in the Breast; and dyed immediately. Scarce a Year passes without one or more of these unhappy Accidents, which ought to make People more careful in their Hunting than they commonly are.
3A Defense of Mr. Hemphill’s Observations, [30 October 1735] (Franklin Papers)
Christ dyed for all, that they which live, should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto himChrist dyed for all
4To Benjamin Franklin from Josiah Franklin, 26 May 1739 (Franklin Papers)
and whether she was a sufferer or not I cannot tell, or whether she be living or not. Her father dyed worth fifteen hundred pounds, but what her circumstances are now I know not. She hath no child. If you by the freedom of your office, makes it more likely to convey a letter to her, it would...
5To Benjamin Franklin from John Mitchell, 12 September 1745 (Franklin Papers)
...be. It contains only a brief account of some things that I thought might be improvements on this Disease, or at least more clearly shown than is common to be met with, Especially the Dissection of the bodies that dyed of it, for which alone it was wrote, as that is not any where to be met with, as far as I know. It was wrote to a Master of the Art (like compendious Institutes, extracted from...
6To Benjamin Franklin from Peter Collinson, 14 June 1748 (Franklin Papers)
Pehr Kalm (1716–1779), a botanist especially interested in medicinal and dye-yielding plants, was a pupil of Linnaeus, whom he had accompanied to Russia and the Ukraine, 1744. He was elected to the Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1745, and appointed professor of natural history at the University of...
7Constitutions of the Academy of Philadelphia, [13 November 1749] (Franklin Papers)
any Trustee shall remove his Habitation far from the City of Philadelphia, reside beyond Sea, or dye, the remaining Trustees shall, with all convenient Speed, proceed to elect another, residing in or near the City, to fill the Place of the absenting or deceased Person.
8Opinions and Conjectures, [29 July 1750] (Franklin Papers)
...been known to strike People blind. A Pigeon that we struck dead to Appearance by the Electrical Shock, recovering Life, droopt about the Yard several Days, ate Nothing, tho’ Crums were thrown to it, but declined and dyed. We did not then
9Deed of Settlement of the Philadelphia Contributionship, 25 March 1752 (Franklin Papers)
...Society, except in such Cases here mentioned where a greater Number is required. And in Case any of the Directors herein nominated and appointed or hereafter to be elected or appointed, shall happen to dye or remove out of this Province, or shall refuse to act as Director or Directors; or shall for the Space of two Kalendar Months wholly omit and neglect to attend the Affairs and Business...dye
10To George Washington from Daniel Campbell, 28 June 1754 (Washington Papers)
...McDonald on my Account. I have been lately surpris’d with a story that he was Shot for stricking one of his Officers, which I hope is false if not I pity his fate, & rather wish he had dyed as a Soldier in the field of Battle, If he is alive please desire him to write me under your Cover.