31John Fothergill to Lord Dartmouth, [6 February 1775] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Papers of the Earl of Dartmouth deposited in the Staffordshire County Record Office; copy:...
32To Benjamin Franklin from Richard Nicholls Colden, 5 January 1774 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania Inclosed is John Stute’s[?] Bill of Exchange, on Bogle,...
33William Whately’s Chancery Suit against Franklin: I. The Bill in Equity, 7 January 1774: résumé (Franklin Papers)
Summary of DS in the Public Record Office; copy: State House, Boston Franklin considered this...
34To Benjamin Franklin from James Bowdoin, 6 September 1774 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (draft): Massachusetts Historical Society I am much obliged to you for introducing me to the...
35From Benjamin Franklin to the New Jersey Assembly Committees of Correspondence, 7 September 1774 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (letterbook draft): American Philosophical Society I have just received two of your Favours...
36To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Walpole, 16 March 1775 (Franklin Papers)
ALS and copy: Library of Congress Franklin’s anger at the ministry did not rob him of all...
37From Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, 20 February 1774: résumé (Franklin Papers)
Text reprinted and paraphrase based on Mme. Henri Saffroy sales catalogue no. 19, February, 1959....
38Franklin’s Proposals to Lord Howe for Resolving the Crisis, [between 28 and 31 December 1774] (Franklin Papers)
AD : Library of Congress On December 4 Franklin called on Mrs. Howe for their second session at...
39From Benjamin Franklin to John Almon, 7 November 1774 (Franklin Papers)
AL : Harvard University Library Dr. Franklin presents his Compliments to Mr. Almon, and sends him...
40Note on “The Intended Speech for the Opening of … Parliament,” [29 November 1774] (Franklin Papers)
Among Franklin’s papers in the American Philosophical Society is a brief satire entitled...
41From Benjamin Franklin to Humphry Marshall, 26 June 1774 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Gray Herbarium, Harvard University I received and am obliged by your Favour of May 14, in...
42To Benjamin Franklin from William Franklin, [3 July 1774] (Franklin Papers)
ALS (incomplete): American Philosophical Society [ First part missing ] there is no foreseeing...
43From Benjamin Franklin to the Speakers of the Colonial Assemblies: a Circular Letter from Franklin, William Bollan, and … (Franklin Papers)
LS : Library of Congress Our last Letter informed you, that the King had declared his Intention...
44Two Notes about the Opening of the Essex House Chapel, [17 April 1774] (Franklin Papers)
Reprinted from The Monthly Repository , III (1808), 540. The occasion was of some importance....
45From Benjamin Franklin to ———, 10 February 1775 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Henry E. Huntington Library In Compliance with your Request I this Morning applied to a...
46To Benjamin Franklin from Elizabeth Henckell, 5 January [1774?] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I cannot refrain from taking up my pen to thank you warmly...
47The Preliminary Hearing before the Privy Council Committee for Plantation Affairs on the Petition from the Massachusetts … (Franklin Papers)
I: printed in [Israel Mauduit,] The Letters of Governor Thomas Hutchinson and Lieut. Governor...
48From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Timothy, 7 September 1774 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (letterbook draft): American Philosophical Society I received your Favour of May 26. and am...
49To Benjamin Franklin from Anthony Todd, 17 March 1775 (Franklin Papers)
Letterbook copy: General Post Office, London Mr. Todd presents his Compliments to Dr. Franklin...
50From Benjamin Franklin to David Williams, 21 February 1774 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Yale University Library This letter and Franklin’s brief note below, May 9, are to the best...
51To Benjamin Franklin from David Barclay, [December 1774?] (Franklin Papers)
AL : Library of Congress D. Barclay’s respects, and desires to see Dr. Franklin this Evening on...
52To Benjamin Franklin from Josiah Tucker, 24 February 1774 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society; copy and transcript: Library of Congress The Request made...
53To Benjamin Franklin from Caroline Howe, [3 January 1775] (Franklin Papers)
AL : Library of Congress Mrs. Howe’s Compliments to Dr. Franklin, she encloses him a Letter she...
54Franklin’s “Hints” or Terms for a Durable Union, [between 4 and 6 December 1774] (Franklin Papers)
AD and copy: Library of Congress On the evening of December 4, in response to Barclay’s and...
55From Benjamin Franklin to William Franklin, 30 June 1774 (Franklin Papers)
Reprinted from George T. Keppel, Earl of Albemarle, Memoirs of the Marquis of Rockingham and His...
56To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan Williams, Jr., 18 July 1774 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I am thus far arrived on my Journey, and have met with every...
57From Benjamin Franklin to Arthur Lee, 19 March 1775 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Harvard University Library I leave Directions with Mrs. Stevenson to deliver you all the...
58William Whately’s Chancery Suit: III. Exceptions to Franklin’s Answer, [after 19 April 1774 and before 28 June 1774] … (Franklin Papers)
Summary of incomplete copy: American Philosophical Society The plaintiff’s exceptions are, to the...
59From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Viny, 12 February 1775 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Miss S. Madeline Hodge, Princeton, New Jersey (1955) Mr. Webb called upon me the other Day,...
60To Benjamin Franklin from John Pownall, 26 April 1774 (Franklin Papers)
AL : Library of Congress Mr. Pownall presents his Compliments to Dr. Franklin. There are some...