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To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan Belcher, 9 April 1748

From Jonathan Belcher8

Letterbook copy: Massachusetts Historical Society

Burlington (NJ) April 9: 1748

Sir,

I received yours of 2d Instant last night and am obliged for your care of my Letters as I shall for any others [that] may come to you. I desire you to Send me your weekly news Paper at the price others give you. Sir with my Compliments to Mrs. Franklin, Your Ready Friend and humble Servant.

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

8. On Belcher, see above, I, 176 n. He was appointed governor of New Jersey in July 1746, his commission was dated February 1747, and he arrived in his government in August 1747.

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    To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan Belcher, 9 April 1748
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    “To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan Belcher, 9 April 1748,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-03-02-0117. [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. 283.]

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