Benjamin Franklin Papers

From Benjamin Franklin to John Foxcroft, [on or before 5 May 1772]: fragment

To [John Foxcroft]

ALS (letterbook draft; fragment): American Philosophical Society

[On or before May 5, 1772.7]

My Love to dear Mrs. Foxcroft, and to little Sally my grandaughter.8 My best Wishes attend you all, being as ever, Your affectionate Friend and humble Servant

B Franklin

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

7. The fragment appears in the letterbook immediately before BF to WF below, May 5, and is clearly the end of BF’s reply to Foxcroft’s letter above, March 2, which mentioned the baby’s name.

8. BF is carrying on to the next generation the whimsy that Judith Foxcroft was his daughter; see Foxcroft to BF above, Feb. 2.

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    Franklin Papers
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    From Benjamin Franklin to John Foxcroft, [on or before 5 May 1772]: fragment
    Author
    Franklin, Benjamin
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    Foxcroft, John
    Date
    March–May 1772

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    “From Benjamin Franklin to John Foxcroft, [on or before 5 May 1772]: fragment,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-19-02-0091. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 19, January 1 through December 31, 1772, ed. William B. Willcox. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1975, p. 130.]

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