Benjamin Franklin Papers

To Benjamin Franklin from John Pownall, 21 April 1774

From John Pownall8

AL: Library of Congress

Whitehall April 21. 1774.

Mr. Pownall presents his compliments to Dr. Franklin, and begs to be informed, whether he has any authority, and what to act as Agent for the province of Pennsylvania.

Addressed: To Dr. Benjamin Franklin.

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

8. Secretary of the Board of Trade, which on that day was considering the Pennsylvania laws passed in February, 1773 (above, XX, 340 n), and Richard Jackson’s report on them. Board of Trade Jour., 1768–75, p. 393. See also Pownall’s second note below, April 26. BF’s reply to this one is the following document.

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    To Benjamin Franklin from John Pownall, 21 April 1774
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    Pownall, John
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    Franklin, Benjamin
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    21 April 1774

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    “To Benjamin Franklin from John Pownall, 21 April 1774,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-21-02-0087. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 21, January 1, 1774, through March 22, 1775, ed. William B. Willcox. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1978, p. 202.]

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