4151From Benjamin Franklin to John Winthrop, 11 March 1769 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society At length after much Delay and Difficulty I have been able...
4152From Benjamin Franklin to John Winthrop, 10 July 1764 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Harvard College Library I received your Favour of the 12th. past, and congratulate you on...
4153From Benjamin Franklin to John Winthrop, 5 February 1771 (Franklin Papers)
Reprinted from The Columbian Centinel , July 30, 1825. I duly received your favour of October 26,...
4154From Benjamin Franklin to John Winthrop, 23 December 1762 (Franklin Papers)
MS not found; reprinted from American Autograph Shop, American Clipper (Merion Station, Pa.),...
4155From Benjamin Franklin to John Winthrop, 1 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (draft): Library of Congress I received your kind Letter of Feb. 28. which gave me great...
4156From Benjamin Franklin to John Winthrop, 2 July 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Reprinted from William Temple Franklin, ed., Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin...
4157From Benjamin Franklin to John Winthrop, 6 June 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Massachusetts Historical Society I find among my Papers a Letter of yours, dated Dec. 7....
4158From Benjamin Franklin to John Winthrop, 13 January 1772 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (letterbook draft): American Philosophical Society I have received by Mr. Marchant the 52 s....
4159From Benjamin Franklin to John Winthrop, 8 April 1761 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I did myself the Honour of writing you a few Lines the 20th...
4160From Benjamin Franklin to John Winthrop, 25 July 1773 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (letterbook draft): Library of Congress I received your Favours of March 4 and April 19. Mr....
4161From Benjamin Franklin to Daniel Wister, 14 July 1773 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (letterbook draft): Library of Congress I received yours of April 30. Much Business has...
4162From Benjamin Franklin to Witel & Fauche, 15 November 1784 (Franklin Papers)
LS , AL (draft), and incomplete press copy of LS : American Philosophical Society I have...
4163From Benjamin Franklin to William Withering, 1 March 1784 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Mr Vaughan communicated to me a very ingenious & judicious...
4164From Benjamin Franklin to John Witherspoon, 19 November 1781 (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft): Library of Congress I hope you will have the Pleasure of receiving, with this, your...
4165From Benjamin Franklin to John Witherspoon, 11 September 1781 (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft) and copy: Library of Congress I have received the Letter you did me the honour of...
4166From Benjamin Franklin to John Witherspoon, 5 April 1784 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Presbyterian Historical Society; copies: Columbia University Library, New Jersey Historical...
4167From Benjamin Franklin to A. M. Woedtke, 13 April 1781 (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft) and copy: Library of Congress I received your Letter requesting Information relating...
4168From Benjamin Franklin to Woestyn frères, 17 May 1779 (Franklin Papers)
Incomplete copy: Library of Congress Before the Rect. of your last favour of the 11 Inst. I had...
4169From Benjamin Franklin to Woestyn frères, 20 April 1779 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress I am very sensible of the Honor you propose to do me in the naming of...
4170From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Wolrich, 1 August 1774 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Dietrich Brothers Americana Corporation, Philadelphia (1977) The Bearer, Mr. Jona....
4171From Benjamin Franklin to Henry S. Woodfall, [before 22 September 1773] (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society This note went to the recipient, then to a mutual friend,...
4172From Benjamin Franklin to James Woodmason, [10 January 1780] (Franklin Papers)
ALS (draft): American Philosophical Society I have lately receiv’d yours, without Date,...
4173From Benjamin Franklin to James Woodmason, 25 July 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS and press copy: Assay Office, Birmingham, England When James Watt, working in Birmingham in...
4174From Benjamin Franklin to James Woodmason, 26 September 1780 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress I have just received yours of the 12th. Instant. Inclosed I send you a...
4175From Benjamin Franklin to Richard Woodward, 10 April 1773 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (draft ): American Philosophical Society Desirous of being reviv’d in your Memory, I take...
4176From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Wren, 26 February 1780 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress Your great attention to the wants of our poor captiv’d Countrymen, and...
4177From Benjamin Franklin to James Wright, 9 July 1759 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: William L. Clements Library When Mr. Hunter came to Town, I conferr’d with him on the...
4178From Benjamin Franklin to James Wright, 3 July 1755 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Yale University Library Before this reaches you, you will have heard that the House is...
4179From Benjamin Franklin to James Wright, 9 July 1759 (Franklin Papers)
LS : Yale University Library; transcript: John L. W. Mifflin, Middlebush, N.J. (1955) By the...
4180From Benjamin Franklin to James Wright, 26 June 1755 (Franklin Papers)
Transcript: John L.W. Mifflin, Middlebush, N.J. (1955) I am glad to learn that the Flour is...
4181From Benjamin Franklin to John Wright, 24 July 1765 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Pierpont Morgan Library I think I gave you some Expectations of going out with you to your...
4182From Benjamin Franklin to Patience Wright, 4 May 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (draft) and copy: Library of Congress I received your Favour of the 14th of March past, and...
4183From Benjamin Franklin to Susanna Wright, 21 November 1751 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Mrs. David H. Stockton, Princeton, N.J. (1960); also transcript: John L. W. Mifflin,...
4184From Benjamin Franklin to Susanna Wright, [28 April 1755] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Collection of the late Frank J. Mather., Jr., Princeton, N.J. (1955); also transcript: John...
4185From Benjamin Franklin to Susanna Wright, 11 July 1752 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Mrs. David H. Stockton, Princeton, N.J. (1960) I should sooner have answered your Favour of...
4186From Benjamin Franklin to Wulffen, 11 June 1780 (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft): American Philosophical Society I shall take care to send your three Letters to...
4187From Benjamin Franklin to Henry Wyld, 31 March 1782 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: William L. Clements Library I have received yours of the 18th. Instant. I omitted answering...
4188From Benjamin Franklin to ——— Yarnold, 27 November 1779 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress I received yesterday yours of the 25th. On your Arrival here, when you...
4189Franklin and James Wilson to Jasper Yeates, 4 July 1776: résumé (Franklin Papers)
LS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania <Philadelphia, July 4, 1776: The Congress has appointed...
4190The American Commissioners to John Young, 2 December 1777 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Connecticut Historical Society You will receive by Mr. Moylan dispatches for Congress,...
4191From Benjamin Franklin to Moses Young, 6 December 1781 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress Before I received yours of the 27th. past, I had Information from M. B....
4192The Busy-Body, No. 2, 11 February 1729 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The American Weekly Mercury , February 11, 1728/9. All Fools have still an Itching to...
4193Memorandum on Chatham’s Plan of Conciliation, [on or after 1 February 1775] (Franklin Papers)
AD : Library of Congress On January 29 Chatham left with Franklin the conciliatory plan that he...
4194Contract between Vergennes and Franklin, 16 July 1782 (Franklin Papers)
DS : Archives Nationales; DS , two copies, and transcript: National Archives Contrat entre le Roi...
4195The Busy-Body, No. 8, 27 March 1729 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The American Weekly Mercury , March 27, 1729. ——Quid non mortalia Pectora cogis Auri...
4196Advertisement, 1 November 1750 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , November 1, 1750. Whereas on Saturday night last, the house...
4197Observations upon [Thomas Pownall], State of the Constitution of the Colonies, [1769?] (Franklin Papers)
MS (copy): American Philosophical Society In December, 1769, or possibly in the following month,...
4198The American Peace Commissioners: Declaration of the Cessation of Arms, 20 February 1783 (Franklin Papers)
ADS and AD (draft): Massachusetts Historical Society; copies: Massachusetts Historical Society,...
4199Franklin’s Conjecture on the Foregoing, [after 12 August 1772] (Franklin Papers)
Copy: the Royal Society The Aurora Boreales , tho’ visible almost every Night of clear Weather in...
4200Poor Richard, 1743 (Franklin Papers)
Poor Richard, 1743. An Almanack For the Year of Christ 1743 ,... By Richard Saunders, Philom....