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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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21 | Franklin, Benjamin | Silence Dogood, No. 13, 24 September 1722 | 1722-09-24 | Printed in The New-England Courant , September 24, 1722. In Persons of a contemplative... | |
22 | Franklin, Benjamin | Silence Dogood, No. 14, 8 October 1722 | 1722-10-08 | Printed in The New-England Courant , October 8, 1722. Earum causarum quantum quaeque valeat,... | |
23 | Franklin, Benjamin | [Other Courant Essays Possibly by Franklin, 1723] | ≈1723-01-01 | Franklin’s contributions to the New-England Courant were not limited to the fourteen letters of... | |
24 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Printer to the Reader, 11 February 1723 | 1723-02-11 | Printed in The New-England Courant , February 11, 1723. Arrest and imprisonment had not... | |
25 | Franklin, Benjamin | On Titles of Honor, 18 February 1723 | 1723-02-18 | Printed in The New-England Courant , February 18, 1723. Mero meridie si dixerit illi tenebras... | |
26 | Franklin, Benjamin | Promissory Note to John Phillips, 5 [?] May 1724 | 1724-05-05 | DS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania I Promise to Pay or Cause to be paid unto John Phillips... | |
27 | Franklin, Benjamin | A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, 1725 | ≈1725-01-01 | A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain. London: Printed in the Year MDCCXXV .... | |
28 | Franklin, Benjamin | Sloane, Sir Hans | From Benjamin Franklin to Sir Hans Sloane, 2 June 1725 | 1725-06-02 | ALS : British Museum Having lately been in the Nothern Parts of America, I have brought from... |
29 | Franklin, Benjamin | Plan of Conduct, 1726 | ≈1726-01-01 | MS not found; reprinted from Robert Walsh, “Life of Benjamin Franklin,” Delaplaine’s Repository... | |
30 | Franklin, Benjamin | Journal of a Voyage, 1726 | ≈1726-07-22 | MS not found; reprinted from WTF, Memoirs , 4to edit., I , Appendix, i-xix; also transcript:... | |
31 | Franklin, Benjamin | Franklin, Jane | From Benjamin Franklin to Jane Franklin, 6 January 1727 | 1727-01-06 | MS not found; reprinted from Duane, Works , VI , 3. I am highly pleased with the account captain... |
32 | Franklin, Benjamin | Epitaph, 1728 | ≈1728-01-01 | Autograph MS : Yale University Library; another autograph MS : Richard Gimbel, New Haven, Conn.... | |
33 | Franklin, Benjamin | Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion, 20 November … | 1728-11-20 | Autograph MS : Library of Congress; also transcript: Library of Congress Franklin mentioned this... | |
34 | Franklin, Benjamin | Martha Careful and Caelia Shortface, 28 January 1729 | 1729-01-28 | Printed in The American Weekly Mercury , January 28, 1728/9. When Samuel Keimer forestalled... | |
35 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Busy-Body, No. 1, 4 February 1729 | 1729-02-04 | Printed in The American Weekly Mercury , February 4, 1728/9. Franklin and Hugh Meredith decided... | |
36 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Busy-Body, No. 2, 11 February 1729 | 1729-02-11 | Printed in The American Weekly Mercury , February 11, 1728/9. All Fools have still an Itching to... | |
37 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Busy-Body, No. 3, 18 February 1729 | 1729-02-18 | Printed in The American Weekly Mercury , February 18, 1728/9. Non vultus instantis Tyranni Mente... | |
38 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Busy-Body, No. 4, 25 February 1729 | 1729-02-25 | Printed in The American Weekly Mercury , February 25, 1728/9. Nequid nimis. In my first Paper I... | |
39 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Busy-Body, No. 5, 4 March 1729 | 1729-03-04 | Printed in The American Weekly Mercury , March 4, 1728/9. Vos, O Patricius sanguis, quos vivere... | |
40 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Busy-Body, No. 8, 27 March 1729 | 1729-03-27 | Printed in The American Weekly Mercury , March 27, 1729. ——Quid non mortalia Pectora cogis Auri... | |
41 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Nature and Necessity of a Paper-Currency, 3 April … | 1729-04-03 | A Modest Enquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper-Currency. Philadelphia: Printed and... | |
42 | Franklin, Benjamin | Extracts from the Gazette, 1729 | ≈1729-10-02 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , October 2 to December 30, 1729. The Pennsylvania Gazette... | |
43 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Printer to the Reader, 2 October 1729 | 1729-10-02 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , October 2, 1729. The attacks of the Busy-Body, Keimer’s... | |
44 | Franklin, Benjamin | Governor Burnet and the Massachusetts Assembly, 9 … | 1729-10-09 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , October 9, 1729. His Excellency Governor Burnet died... | |
45 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Printer to the Reader, 23 October 1729 | 1729-10-23 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , October 23, 1729. The Publishers of this Paper meeting with... | |
46 | Franklin, Benjamin | Affairs of Ireland, 20 November 1729 | 1729-11-20 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , November 20, 1729. Affairs of Ireland The English Papers... | |
47 | Franklin, Benjamin | From the Casuist: The Case of the Trespassing Horse, 16 … | 1729-12-16 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , December 16, 1729. I send you here an Answer to a Query in... | |
48 | Franklin, Benjamin | Extracts from the Gazette, 1730 | ≈1730-01-06 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , January 6 to December 29, 1730. About the End of next... | |
49 | Franklin, Benjamin | Printer’s Errors, 13 March 1730 | 1730-03-13 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , March 13, 1729/30. Printerum est errare. As your last Paper... | |
50 | Franklin, Benjamin | Davenport, Sarah | From Benjamin Franklin to Sarah Davenport, [June 1730?] | ≈1730-06-01 | ALS : American Philosophical Society Your kind and affectionate Letter of May the 15th, was... |