4801From Benjamin Franklin to Dumas, 26 July 1780 (Franklin Papers)
LS : American Philosophical Society; copy: Library of Congress; transcript: National Archives I...
4802From Benjamin Franklin to William Vassall, 29 May 1746 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Harvard College Library I have your Favour of the 19th Instant, with some Queries relating...
4803Certificate Condemning a Prize, 18 September 1779 (Franklin Papers)
Printed by Benjamin Franklin, Passy, 1779. Printed form with MS insertions in blanks: Archives...
4804Franklin’s Public Statement about the Hutchinson Letters, 25 December 1773 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The London Chronicle , Dec. 23–25, 1773 By the late summer of 1773 the furor aroused...
4805From Benjamin Franklin to Jonathan Shipley, 14 December 1771 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Yale University Library Hearing that your Lordship had called in Cravenstreet during my...
4806From Benjamin Franklin to Samuel Ward, 13 January 1772 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (letterbook draft): American Philosophical Society I thank you for recommending Mr. Marchant...
B. Franklin’s Observations on Mr Jay’s Draft of a Letter to Mr Livingston, which occasioned the...
4808From Benjamin Franklin to Arthur Lee, 3 April 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society; AL (draft): Historical Society of Pennsylvania As I had no...
4809From Benjamin Franklin to [Samuel Cooper], 27 February 1778 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: University of California Library, Berkeley; transcript: Massachusetts Historical Society At...
4810From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Barclay, 22 February 1782 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress I received the honour of yours respecting Your Return to Paris before...
4811From Benjamin Franklin to Gérard de Rayneval, 31 August 1779 (Franklin Papers)
LS : Archives du Ministère des affaires étrangères; copy: Library of Congress I received...
4812Protest against the First Draft of the Articles of Confederation, [before 20 August 1776] (Franklin Papers)
AD (draft): American Philosophical Society; copy: Library of Congress This document, as Franklin...
4813From Benjamin Franklin to John Canton, [December 1771?]: résumé (Franklin Papers)
AL : The Royal Society <An undated note in the third person. Business prevents Franklin from...
4814From Benjamin Franklin to Sargent Aufrere & Co., 8 January 1762 (Franklin Papers)
Two copies: Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The very obliging manner in which you have...
4815Song: “The King’s Own Regulars,” 27 November 1775 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Boston Gazette , November 27, 1775. The King’s own REGULARS; And their Triumphs...
4816From Benjamin Franklin to Jonathan Shipley, 21 August 1773 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Yale University Library; draft: American Philosophical Society Inclos’d I send a Boston...
4817From Benjamin Franklin to Jonathan Williams, Sr., 6 June 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Your Favour of Jan. 8 came duly to hand, but I have been so...
4818Franklin’s Notes for a Dispatch, [before 28 November 1777] (Franklin Papers)
AD : University of Pennsylvania Library These jottings are beyond question an early step in...
4819Ledger D, 1739–47 (Franklin Papers)
MS Account Book: American Philosophical Society Ledger D, like Ledger A & B (see above, I , 172),...
4820Franklin’s Passport for British Ships, 1 February 1783 (Franklin Papers)
DS : Massachusetts Historical Society, American Philosophical Society Exchanging ships’ passports...
4821Franklin and Hall: Accounts, 1748–1766 (Franklin Papers)
MS Account Book: American Philosophical Society This ledger, labeled “Franklin & Hall No. 1,”...
4822Franklin and Hall: Appeal to Subscribers, 27 December 1753 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , December 27, 1753. The Subscribers to this Paper who live...
4823Articles of Agreement with David Hall, 1 January 1748 (Franklin Papers)
DS : Haverford College Library; also copy: Department of Records, Recorder of Deeds, Philadelphia...
4824Jefferson’s Annotated Copy of Franklin’s Proposed Articles of Confederation, [June–July 1775] (Jefferson Papers)
Articles of confederation and perpetual Union proposed by the delegates of the several colonies...
4825Proposal for the Great Seal of the United States, [before 14 August 1776] (Franklin Papers)
On July 4, 1776, Franklin, John Adams, and Jefferson were named as a committee to suggest a seal....
4826Franklin and Lafayette’s List of Prints to Illustrate British Cruelties, [c. May 1779] (Franklin Papers)
AD (draft): Library of Congress 1. The Burning of Charleston (Date) A fine Town by the Waterside,...
4827Benjamin Franklin and Arthur Lee to Vergennes, 10 April 1778 (Adams Papers)
We have the Honour to acquaint your Excellency, that Mr. Adams, appointed by the Congress to...
4828A Proposed Article for the Treaty of Alliance with France, [on or before 27 January 1778] (Franklin Papers)
D : Library of Congress The commissioners met with Gérard on January 8 and agreed to negotiate...
4829The Petition to the House of Lords against the Massachusetts Government and Administration of Justice Bills, [before 11 … (Franklin Papers)
Summary of DS : House of Lords Library In March a group of Americans in London had petitioned...
4830James Pearson and Benjamin Franklin: Agreement for Sale, 18 August 1764 (Franklin Papers)
DS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania This agreement provided for the sale by James Pearson to...
4831To Benjamin Franklin from Pierre Roussille with a Draft of Franklin’s Reply, 27 December 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Jose prendre la liberté de m’adresser a vous Comme...
4832To Benjamin Franklin from the Marquis de Saint-Auban, with Franklin’s Note for a Reply, 23 January 1783 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Vous etes au comble de la gloire, veullie le ciel que vous...
4833To Benjamin Franklin from Antoine-Nicholas Servin, with Franklin’s Note for a Reply, 16 September 1782 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania Je viens de faire imprimer a Basle un ouvrage Sur La...
4834Portuguese Counterproposal for a Treaty of Amity and Commerce, [c. 7 June 1783] (Franklin Papers)
Copy and transcript: National Archives The initial negotiations for a commercial treaty between...
4835To Benjamin Franklin from Charles Stamitz, with Franklin’s Note for a Reply, 2 October 1783 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Pardonnez la liberté que je prends de vous Ecrire sans avoir...
4836Articles of Agreement with Louis Timothée, 26 November 1733 (Franklin Papers)
Draft: Historical Society of Pennsylvania Articles of Agreement indented [and] made the 26th Day...
4837To Benjamin Franklin from Anthony Todd, with Franklin’s Note for a Reply, 3 October 1783 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania This very morning I had the Pleasure to receive Your...
4838The Preliminary Hearing before the Privy Council Committee for Plantation Affairs on the Petition from the Massachusetts … (Franklin Papers)
I: printed in [Israel Mauduit,] The Letters of Governor Thomas Hutchinson and Lieut. Governor...
4839Articles of Agreement with Thomas Whitmarsh, 13 September 1731 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Land Office, Department of Internal Affairs, Harrisburg, Pa. Articles of Agreement made and...
4840Journal, 1764–1776; Ledger, 1764–1776 (Franklin Papers)
MS account books: American Philosophical Society December 10, 1764 As Franklin had done when he...
4841On Sinecures, 28 September 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser , September 28, 1768 To the Printer of the...
4842From Benjamin Franklin to Cadwallader Colden, 14 July 1754 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : New-York Historical Society I am very sorry that our unexpected long Stay at Albany...
4843Memorandum Book, 1757–1776 (Franklin Papers)
MS account book: American Philosophical Society [April 3, 1757] Before leaving for England...
4844To Benjamin Franklin from Ferdinand Grand, with a Draft of Franklin’s Reply, [8 April 1782] (Franklin Papers)
LS : American Philosophical Society I just hear from Amsterdam that Bills accepted by Mr. J. Jay...
4845Account of Money Received from David Hall, 1748–1757 (Franklin Papers)
MS Account Book: American Philosophical Society This little book contains in eight pages headed...
4846Franklin and Hall to Robert Hunter Morris, 20 March 1755 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania; also copy: Public Record Office, London When he had...
4847Franklin and Hall: Notice to Debtors, 25 April 1765 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , April 25, 1765. As the Partnership of Franklin and Hall ,...
4848To Benjamin Franklin from John Hughes with Franklin’s Receipt, [24 March 1757] (Franklin Papers)
I. MS not found; reprinted from Pennsylvania History , VI (1939), 15; II. ADS : Yale University...
4849William Hunter’s Stipulations in Regard to William Hewson, 23 August 1771 (Franklin Papers)
AD : extract from Franklin to William Hunter, October 30, 1772 , Royal College of Surgeons Dr....
4850Benjamin Franklin and William Hunter: Commission to Thomas Vernon, 24 December 1754 (Franklin Papers)
Printed form with MS insertions in blanks: New York Public Library Benjamin Franklin , and...