Benjamin Franklin Papers

To Benjamin Franklin from James Johnson, 4 February 1768

From James Johnson1

AL: American Philosophical Society

[Brook Street, Feb. 4, (1768?). An invitation to dinner on Monday the 8th.2]

1. The Bishop of Worcester, for whom see above, XII, 124 n.

2. BF’s acquaintance with the Bishop began in 1765. Feb. 8 was a Monday in 1768 and 1773, and in accordance with our practice we assign the note to the earlier possible year.

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    To Benjamin Franklin from James Johnson, 4 February 1768
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    Johnson, James
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    Franklin, Benjamin
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    4 February 1768

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    “To Benjamin Franklin from James Johnson, 4 February 1768,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-15-02-0020. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 15, January 1 through December 31, 1768, ed. William B. Willcox. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1972, p. 38.]