1Franklin’s Ostensible Withdrawal from the Walpole Company: Two Letters, [on or after 24 January 1774] (Franklin Papers)
I. AL : Library of Congress II. ALS : New York Public Library; draft: Library of Congress Franklin had for some time been playing a minor role in the affairs of the Walpole Company. The greater his unpopularity in Whitehall, the less the promoters of the grant wanted to emphasize his connection with them. He was well aware that he was a liability, according to William Strahan, and as early as...
2Lord Pitt to Thomas Walpole, 6 March 1775 (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society Franklin was deeply concerned with Chatham’s conciliatory plan, presented to the House of Lords on February 1, just as he had been with the motion in January to withdraw the troops from Boston. Between these Parliamentary manoeuvers the two men had collaborated closely, but the American had not reached the point where he could express directly his admiration...
3From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Walpole, 12 January 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : David Holland, London (1955) This letter, the first in a brief correspondence with Walpole during the next two months about the affairs of the Walpole or Grand Ohio Company, touches an important question: to what extent, if any, did Franklin’s connection with the Company affect his conduct as a diplomat? He seems here to be severing the connection, but in fact he retained it; and it...
4From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Walpole, 11 December 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : David Holland, London (1955) I ought long since to have acknowledg’d the Receipt of the Bills you sent me, in full Discharge of the Ballance of our Account. For which I thank you. I am sorry Lord Chatham’s Motion for a Cessation of Arms, was not agreed to. Every thing seems to be rejected by your mad Politicians that would lead to Healing the Breach; and every thing done that can tend to...
5[From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Walpole, 24 May 1786] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Paris, 24 May 1786 . Entry in SJL reads: “T. Walpole. extract from Limozin’s letter.” Letter not found, but see Limozin to TJ, 21 May 1786 .]