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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Franklin, Benjamin | Franklin, Jane | From Benjamin Franklin to Jane Franklin, 6 January 1727 | 1727-01-06 | MS not found; reprinted from Duane, Works , VI , 3. I am highly pleased with the account captain... |
| 32 | Franklin, Benjamin | Epitaph, 1728 | ≈1728-01-01 | Autograph MS : Yale University Library; another autograph MS : Richard Gimbel, New Haven, Conn.... | |
| 33 | Franklin, Benjamin | Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion, 20 November … | 1728-11-20 | Autograph MS : Library of Congress; also transcript: Library of Congress Franklin mentioned this... | |
| 34 | Franklin, Benjamin | Martha Careful and Caelia Shortface, 28 January 1729 | 1729-01-28 | Printed in The American Weekly Mercury , January 28, 1728/9. When Samuel Keimer forestalled... | |
| 35 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Busy-Body, No. 1, 4 February 1729 | 1729-02-04 | Printed in The American Weekly Mercury , February 4, 1728/9. Franklin and Hugh Meredith decided... | |
| 36 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Busy-Body, No. 2, 11 February 1729 | 1729-02-11 | Printed in The American Weekly Mercury , February 11, 1728/9. All Fools have still an Itching to... | |
| 37 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Busy-Body, No. 3, 18 February 1729 | 1729-02-18 | Printed in The American Weekly Mercury , February 18, 1728/9. Non vultus instantis Tyranni Mente... | |
| 38 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Busy-Body, No. 4, 25 February 1729 | 1729-02-25 | Printed in The American Weekly Mercury , February 25, 1728/9. Nequid nimis. In my first Paper I... | |
| 39 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Busy-Body, No. 5, 4 March 1729 | 1729-03-04 | Printed in The American Weekly Mercury , March 4, 1728/9. Vos, O Patricius sanguis, quos vivere... | |
| 40 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Busy-Body, No. 8, 27 March 1729 | 1729-03-27 | Printed in The American Weekly Mercury , March 27, 1729. ——Quid non mortalia Pectora cogis Auri... | |
| 41 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Nature and Necessity of a Paper-Currency, 3 April … | 1729-04-03 | A Modest Enquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper-Currency. Philadelphia: Printed and... | |
| 42 | Franklin, Benjamin | Extracts from the Gazette, 1729 | ≈1729-10-02 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , October 2 to December 30, 1729. The Pennsylvania Gazette... | |
| 43 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Printer to the Reader, 2 October 1729 | 1729-10-02 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , October 2, 1729. The attacks of the Busy-Body, Keimer’s... | |
| 44 | Franklin, Benjamin | Governor Burnet and the Massachusetts Assembly, 9 … | 1729-10-09 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , October 9, 1729. His Excellency Governor Burnet died... | |
| 45 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Printer to the Reader, 23 October 1729 | 1729-10-23 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , October 23, 1729. The Publishers of this Paper meeting with... | |
| 46 | Franklin, Benjamin | Affairs of Ireland, 20 November 1729 | 1729-11-20 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , November 20, 1729. Affairs of Ireland The English Papers... | |
| 47 | Franklin, Benjamin | From the Casuist: The Case of the Trespassing Horse, 16 … | 1729-12-16 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , December 16, 1729. I send you here an Answer to a Query in... | |
| 48 | Franklin, Benjamin | Extracts from the Gazette, 1730 | ≈1730-01-06 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , January 6 to December 29, 1730. About the End of next... | |
| 49 | Franklin, Benjamin | Printer’s Errors, 13 March 1730 | 1730-03-13 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , March 13, 1729/30. Printerum est errare. As your last Paper... | |
| 50 | Franklin, Benjamin | Davenport, Sarah | From Benjamin Franklin to Sarah Davenport, [June 1730?] | ≈1730-06-01 | ALS : American Philosophical Society Your kind and affectionate Letter of May the 15th, was... |
| 51 | Franklin, Benjamin | [Two Dialogues between Philocles and Horatio … | ≈1730-06-23 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , June 23 and July 9, 1730. Duane included these two... | |
| 52 | Franklin, Benjamin | Ledger A & B, 4 July 1730 | 1730-07-04 | MS Account Book: American Philosophical Society The earliest of Franklin’s surviving business... | |
| 53 | Meredith, Hugh | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Hugh Meredith: Dissolution of … | 1730-07-14 | DS : American Philosophical Society Be it remembered , That Hugh Meredith and Benjamin Franklin... |
| 54 | Franklin, Benjamin | [Public Men, 10 September 1730] | 1730-09-10 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , September 10, 1730. Although the paragraph in the Gazette... | |
| 55 | Franklin, Benjamin | On Governor Belcher’s Speech, 24 September 1730 | 1730-09-24 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , September 24, 1730. In our last we gave our Readers the... | |
| 56 | Franklin, Benjamin | On Conversation, 15 October 1730 | 1730-10-15 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , October 15, 1730. The opinions expressed in this essay are... | |
| 57 | Franklin, Benjamin | A Witch Trial at Mount Holly, 22 October 1730 | 1730-10-22 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , October 22, 1730. This hoax is included here on the... | |
| 58 | Franklin, Benjamin | Miscellaneous Business Memoranda, 1731 | ≈1731-01-01 | MSS : American Philosophical Society Volume 66 of the Franklin Papers in the American... | |
| 59 | Petition to the Pennsylvania Assembly regarding Fairs … | ≈1731-01-01 | Draft: Historical Society of Pennsylvania To the Honourable House of Representatives of the... | ||
| 60 | Franklin, Benjamin | Doctrine to be Preached, 1731 | ≈1731-01-01 | Draft: Library of Congress “From time to time,” Franklin wrote in his autobiography, he put down... | |
| 61 | Franklin, Benjamin | Extracts from the Gazette, 1731 | ≈1731-01-05 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , January 5 to December 28, 1731. In our last we gave our... | |
| 62 | Franklin, Benjamin | Advertisement of Godfrey’s Almanacs, 19 January 1731 | 1731-01-19 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , January 19, 1730/1. Godfrey’s Almanacks for the Year 1731.... | |
| 63 | Logan, James | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from James Logan, 1 May 1731 | 1731-05-01 | Letterbook copy: Historical Society of Pennsylvania; also transcript: Harvard College Library... |
| 64 | Franklin, Benjamin | Observations on Reading History, 9 May 1731 | 1731-05-09 | MS Autobiography: Huntington Library That the great Affairs of the World, the Wars, Revolutions,... | |
| 65 | Franklin, Benjamin | Apology for Printers, 10 June 1731 | 1731-06-10 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , June 10, 1731. Being frequently censur’d and condemn’d by... | |
| 66 | Franklin, Benjamin | Mecom, Jane | From Benjamin Franklin to Jane Mecom, 19 June 1731 | 1731-06-19 | MS not found; reprinted from Duane, Works , VI , 3–5. Yours of May 26, I received with the... |
| 67 | St. John’s Lodge Account, 24 June 1731 | 1731-06-24 | MS Ledger (“Liber B”): Historical Society of Pennsylvania Benja. Frankline to Stok Dr: Per Contra... | ||
| 68 | Franklin, Benjamin | Articles of Agreement with Thomas Whitmarsh, 13 … | 1731-09-13 | Copy: Land Office, Department of Internal Affairs, Harrisburg, Pa. Articles of Agreement made and... | |
| 69 | Breintnall, Joseph | Directors of Library Company | Joseph Breintnall to Directors of Library Company, 8 … | 1731-11-08 | MS Minute Book: Library Company of Philadelphia The Library Company of Philadelphia was... |
| 70 | Franklin, Benjamin | A Sea Captain’s Letter, 1732 | ≈1732-01-01 | Draft: Historical Society of Pennsylvania Franklin drafted private letters, Gazette essays, and... | |
| 71 | Franklin, Benjamin | Standing Queries for the Junto, 1732 | ≈1732-01-01 | Printed in Benjamin Franklin, Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces , ed. Benjamin... | |
| 72 | Franklin, Benjamin | Proposals and Queries to be Asked the Junto, 1732 | ≈1732-01-01 | Draft: Historical Society of Pennsylvania That P S and A N be immediately invited into the Junto.... | |
| 73 | Franklin, Benjamin | On the Providence of God in the Government of the … | ≈1732-01-01 | Draft: Historical Society of Pennsylvania When I consider my own Weakness, and the discerning... | |
| 74 | Franklin, Benjamin | Miscellaneous Observations, 1732 | ≈1732-01-01 | Draft: Historical Society of Pennsylvania The great Secret of succeeding in Conversation, is, To... | |
| 75 | Franklin, Benjamin | Extracts from the Gazette, 1732 | ≈1732-01-04 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , January 4 to December 28, 1732. ⁂ We have no Entries this... | |
| 76 | Franklin, Benjamin | Query to the Casuist: The Case of the Missing Horse, 18 … | 1732-01-18 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , January 18, 1731/2. In one of your Papers about two Years... | |
| 77 | Franklin, Benjamin | From the Casuist: The Case of the Missing Horse, 25 … | 1732-01-25 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , January 25, 1731/2; also draft: Historical Society of... | |
| 78 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Palatines’ Appeal, 15 February 1732 | 1732-02-15 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , February 15, 1731/2. Being desired the Week before last, to... | |
| 79 | Franklin, Benjamin | Library Company of Philadelphia Subscribers | From Benjamin Franklin to Library Company Subscribers … | 1732-03-25 | MS Minute Book: Library Company of Philadelphia The Directors, in Town, met with the Treasurer... |
| 80 | Timothée, Louis | German Inhabitants | Louis Timothée to the German Inhabitants, 6 May 1732 | 1732-05-06 | Printed in Philadelphische Zeitung , May 6, 1732. An alle teutsche Einwohner der Provintz... |