1To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan Shipley, 9 May 1782 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania It is with the utmost pleasure I feel an Hour is at last arrivd, when I can write without impropriety to my dear & respectable Friend. You will be so just to me as to believe that my silence was not owing to neglect or indifference. Great caution was necessary to be observd by one of my rank & profession, who was acting in open opposition to an...