1To Benjamin Franklin from [William?] Curtis, 23 October 1769: résumé (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society [Monday, October 23, (1769?). An invitation to dine on Thursday in Martin’s Lane with Dr. Price, Mr. Canton, and Dr. Jeffries. ] William Curtis (1746–99) was a Quaker physician and botanist, who later acquired considerable fame as the translator of Linnaeus and an expert on the flora of London. DNB. If our conjectural date is correct he was scarcely...