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To Benjamin Franklin from Joseph Priestley, 14 February 1769: résumé

From Joseph Priestley

ALS (fragmentary copy): American Philosophical Society

Leeds 14th. February 1769.

[A few lines at the end of a letter, which convey Priestley’s best wishes “for the success of your laudable endeavours in the cause of science, truth, justice, peace, and, which comprehends them all, and everything valuable in human life, LIBERTY.”]

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    To Benjamin Franklin from Joseph Priestley, 14 February 1769: résumé
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    Priestley, Joseph
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    Franklin, Benjamin
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    14 February 1769

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    “To Benjamin Franklin from Joseph Priestley, 14 February 1769: résumé,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-16-02-0024. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 16, January 1 through December 31, 1769, ed. William B. Willcox. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1972, pp. 41–42.]

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