1Managers of the Pennsylvania Hospital: Address to William Denny and Reply, [1 September 1756] (Franklin Papers)
MS Minutes: Pennsylvania Hospital At its meeting on Aug. 28, 1756, the Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania Hospital noting that “it may be expedient to address our new Governor Denny on his arrival,” appointed Franklin, Evan Morgan, Israel Pemberton, and Samuel Rhoads to draft the message. The Board approved it on September 1 and waited on Denny as a body the same afternoon to present the...