1To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Wren, 25 March 1778 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : University of Pennsylvania Library I communicated the intelligence of yours of the 21st. to the Officers at Forton, and they to the people, which gave the whole body of them great pleasure and contentment. I believe Mr. Newsham will soon send such a representation of the quiet behaviour of those in close confinement (except one) as added to your attempts in their favour, will soon...
2From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Wren, 26 February 1780 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress Your great attention to the wants of our poor captiv’d Countrymen, and your kind and charitable Care of Them in their sickness and other Distresses; I have often heard spoken of by such as have escaped and pass’d thro’ this Place, in the strongest Terms of grateful aknowledgements. I beg you to accept among the rest, my sincere and hearty Thanks, and my best Wishes...