1New Fables, 2 January 1770 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Public Advertiser , January 2, 1770 The first ascription of these fables to...
2Note on Post Office Accounts, 2 April 1768, to 3 January 1770 (Franklin Papers)
AD (copy): Historical Society of Pennsylvania [The credit entries, running from April 2, 1768, to...
3Petition to the Treasury from Franklin and Others for a Grant of Land, 4 January 1770 (Franklin Papers)
AD (copy): Library of Congress The formation of the Grand Ohio Company in the early summer of...
4From Benjamin Franklin to John Bartram, 11 January 1770 (Franklin Papers)
Reprinted from William Darlington, ed., Memorials of John Bartram and Humphry Marshall...
5From Benjamin Franklin to Joseph Galloway, 11 January 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Clements Library Since mine of the 9th. past, I have received your Favour of Nov. 8. with...
6From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Vernon, 16 January 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Newport Historical Society The Bearer Mr. Bowman, intends for New York; and as he will be...
7From Benjamin Franklin to Mary Stevenson, 22 January 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I received your Favour of Saturday early this Morning, and...
8Request for a Reprinting, 25–27 January 1770: résumé (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The London Chronicle , January 25–27, 1770 [A request to the Chronicle , signed...
9A Conversation on Slavery, 26 January 1770 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Public Advertiser , January 30, 1770 Many Reflections being of late thrown out...
10On Governor Pownall’s Departure from Massachusetts, 6–8 February 1770 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The London Chronicle , February 6–8, 1770 The people of the Massachusetts Bay in...
11On Partial Repeal, 7 February 1770 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser , February 7, 1770 Permit me to make a few...
12From Benjamin Franklin to Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg, 7 February 1770: extract (Franklin Papers)
Extract: translated and printed in Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg, ed., Œuvres de M. Franklin … (Paris,...
13From Benjamin Franklin to Michael Collinson, [8 February 1770] (Franklin Papers)
Copy: American Philosophical Society Understanding that it is intended to give the Publick, some...
14From Benjamin Franklin to Nevil Maskelyne, 12 February 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : the Royal Society I have just received a Letter from Mr. Winthrop, dated Dec. 7. containing...
15From Benjamin Franklin to William Mickle, 15 February 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Yale University Library William Mickle, the Scottish poet (1735–88), had abandoned his...
16From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Viny, 16 February 1770 (Franklin Papers)
Reprinted from Albert H. Smyth, ed., The Writings of Benjamin Franklin … (New York, 1905–07), V ,...
17From Benjamin Franklin to Joshua Babcock, 26 February 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Yale University Library It is a long time since I have had the Pleasure of a Line from you;...
18Editorial Introduction (Franklin Papers)
These letters illustrate the complexities—perhaps increased by the writer’s nature—of trying to...
19From Benjamin Franklin to Jane Mecom, 15 March 1770 (Franklin Papers)
Reprinted from Jared Sparks, ed., A Collection of the Familiar Letters and Miscellaneous Papers...
20From Benjamin Franklin to Cadwalader Evans, 17 March 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Miss Harriet V. C. Ogden, Bar Harbor, Me. (1958). I received your Favour of Nov. 27. and...
21From Benjamin Franklin to William Franklin, 17 March 1770: extract (Franklin Papers)
Extract: Historical Society of Pennsylvania What you say with regard to advancing Money for...
22From Benjamin Franklin to Michael Hillegas, 17 March 1770 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The American Museum, or, Universal Magazine , VII (1790), 224–5. I received your...
23From Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, 18 March 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society My Letters are all in Capt. Falconer, but as Capt. Sparks...
24From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Gilpin, 18 March 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : University of Virginia Library I receiv’d your Favour by the Hand of Mr. Abel James. An...
25From Benjamin Franklin to Humphry Marshall, 18 March 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Yale University Library I was duly favoured with yours of Oct. 30, and glad to hear that...
26From Benjamin Franklin to [Charles Thomson], 18 March 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (copy): Schaffer Library, Union College This well-publicized letter arrived in America in...
27From Benjamin Franklin to Joseph Galloway, 21 March 1770 (Franklin Papers)
AL (incomplete): the Rosenbach Foundation The movement to secure total repeal of the Townshend...
28From Benjamin Franklin to [Joseph Smith?], 12 April 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (postscript only): William C. Coles, Moorestown, N.J. (1954) Yesterday I attended the Board...
29From Benjamin Franklin to Samuel Cooper, 14 April 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : British Museum I suppose Govr. Pownall acquaints you with what has pass’d this Session...
30From Benjamin Franklin to Timothy Folger, 14 April 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Enclos’d with this, I send you a Map of the Island of St....