Benjamin Franklin Papers

From Benjamin Franklin to James Logan, 20 January 1750

To James Logan

MS not found; reprinted from extract in Sparks, Works, VI, 100.

[January 20, 1750]

The magical squares, how wonderful soever they may seem, are what I cannot value myself upon, but am rather ashamed to have it known I have spent any part of my time in an employment that cannot possibly be of any use to myself or others.

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    From Benjamin Franklin to James Logan, 20 January 1750
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    Franklin, Benjamin
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    Logan, James
    Date
    20 January 1750

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    “From Benjamin Franklin to James Logan, 20 January 1750,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-03-02-0180. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 3, January 1, 1745, through June 30, 1750, ed. Leonard W. Labaree. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961, p. 459.]

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