You
have
selected

  • Author

    • Franklin, Benjamin

  • Period

    • Revolutionary War

Recipient

Sort: Frequency / Alphabetical

Show: Top 10 / Top 50

Dates From

Dates To

Search help
Documents filtered by: Author="Franklin, Benjamin" AND Period="Revolutionary War"
Results 1-30 of 2,625 sorted by date (ascending)
  • |<
  • <<
  • <
  • Page 1
  • >
  • >>
  • >|
No. Author Recipient Title Date Context
1 Franklin, Benjamin “The Morals of Chess”, [before 28 June 1779] ≈1732-06-01 Reprinted from The Columbian Magazine , I (December, 1786), 159–61; incomplete copy: American...
2 Franklin, Benjamin —— From Benjamin Franklin to ———, [1757–1775] ≈1757-01-01 Draft: American Philosophical Society I have perus’d the Letters and Papers you put into my...
3 Franklin, Benjamin Specifications for a Dwelling House, [1757–1775] ≈1757-01-01 Draft: American Philosophical Society Obviously written in England, this document cannot...
4 Franklin, Benjamin Memorandum Book, 1757–1776 ≈1757-04-03 MS account book: American Philosophical Society [April 3, 1757] Before leaving for England...
5 Franklin, Benjamin Strahan, William From Benjamin Franklin to [William Strahan], [1759–62 … ≈1759-01-01 ALS (draft): Blumhaven Library (1957) I have perus’d the Parts you put into my Hands of the new...
6 Franklin, Benjamin Cooper, Sir Grey From Benjamin Franklin to [Grey Cooper], [1764?–1775] ≈1764-01-01 ALS : Frank Glenn, Kansas City, Missouri (1955) I used to put two Ounces of Bark finely powdered...
7 Franklin, Benjamin Hunt, Abraham Post Office Commissions to Abraham Hunt, 10 January … ≈1764-01-10 Printed forms (two) with MS insertions in blanks: Theodore Sheldon, Chicago (1954) The commission...
8 Franklin, Benjamin Journal, 1764–1776; Ledger, 1764–1776 ≈1764-12-10 MS account books: American Philosophical Society December 10, 1764 As Franklin had done when he...
9 Franklin, Benjamin Notes on Parliamentary Precedents, [c. 6 February? … ≈1765-02-06 AD : American Philosophical Society Among Franklin’s papers are two sheets on which he entered...
10 Franklin, Benjamin Dialogue between Britain, France, Spain, Holland … ≈1774-01-01 Copy: Library of Congress; copy: American Philosophical Society It has been demonstrated that...
11 Franklin, Benjamin Fragment of a Letter to the Public Advertiser … ≈1774-01-01 AD: British Museum The presence of this fragment among the papers of Caleb Whitefoord in the...
12 Franklin, Benjamin Fragments of Two Letters to the Press [?], [1774–75?] ≈1774-01-01 AD : American Philosophical Society These two scraps of Franklin’s ongoing argument for the...
13 Franklin, Benjamin Request for a Printing, [1774–75?] ≈1774-01-01 AD : Library of Congress The background of this request has already been discussed in connection...
14 Franklin, Benjamin Notes on Britain’s Intention to Enslave America … ≈1774-01-01 AD (draft): Library of Congress These notes are impossible to date. At the head of the sheet a...
15 Franklin, Benjamin A Letter to Be Written by a Frenchman, [1774–75?] ≈1774-01-01 AL (draft): American Philosophical Society Unsolved problems in editing, as in other areas of...
16 Franklin, Benjamin Notes for Books Borrowed from the Library Company of … ≈1775-01-01 AD : American Philosophical Society These two notes for borrowers from the Library Company...
17 Franklin, Benjamin Franklin’s Purported Answer to a Nobleman’s Question on … ≈1775-01-01 MS : Library of Congress This document, of unknown provenance and in an unknown hand, is among...
18 Franklin, Benjamin Proposed Preamble to a Congressional Resolution … ≈1775-01-01 AD (incomplete draft): American Philosophical Society The nature of this fragment is clear...
19 Franklin, Benjamin Observations at Sea on Temperatures of Air and Water … ≈1775-04-10 Printed in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society . . ., II (1786), 325. On his...
20 Franklin, Benjamin Proposed Resolutions of Thanks, [May 1775, June 1775 … ≈1775-05-01 AD : American Philosophical Society The first Continental Congress had sent to London, along with...
21 Franklin, Benjamin Priestley, Joseph From Benjamin Franklin to [Joseph Priestley?], May 1775 ≈1775-05-01 Unfinished draft: Library of Congress During his voyage to Philadelphia Franklin made the...
22 Franklin, Benjamin Hartley, David From Benjamin Franklin to David Hartley, 6 May 1775 1775-05-06 ALS : Dartmouth College Library What as far as we know was the first letter Franklin wrote after...
23 Franklin, Benjamin Galloway, Joseph From Benjamin Franklin to Joseph Galloway, 8 May 1775 1775-05-08 ALS : Mrs. Arthur Loeb, Philadelphia (1955) This short letter is tantalizingly uninformative. It...
24 Franklin, Benjamin Hartley, David From Benjamin Franklin to David Hartley, 8 May 1775 1775-05-08 ALS : Harvard University Library I arrived here on Friday Evening, and the next morning was...
25 Franklin, Benjamin Burke, Edmund From Benjamin Franklin to Edmund Burke, 15 May 1775 1775-05-15 ALS : Central Library, Sheffield The background of this letter was conversations between the two...
26 Franklin, Benjamin Shipley, Jonathan From Benjamin Franklin to Jonathan Shipley, 15 May 1775 1775-05-15 ALS : Yale University Library I arrived here well the 5th. after a pleasant Passage of 6 Weeks. I...
27 Franklin, Benjamin Bradford, William From Benjamin Franklin to [William?] Bradford, 16 May … 1775-05-16 ALS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania; draft: American Philosophical Society I have just now...
28 Franklin, Benjamin Priestley, Joseph From Benjamin Franklin to [Joseph Priestley], 16 May … 1775-05-16 Printed in Benjamin Vaughan, ed., Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces . . ....
29 Franklin, Benjamin Marshall, Humphry From Benjamin Franklin to Humphry Marshall, 23 May 1775 1775-05-23 Reprinted from William Darlington, Memorials of John Bartram and Humphry Marshall . . ....
30 Franklin, Benjamin Mecom, Jane From Benjamin Franklin to Jane Mecom, 26 May 1775 1775-05-26 ALS : Marietta College Library; copy: Harvard University Library I have just now heard by Mr....