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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41431 | Franklin, Benjamin | Kames, Henry Home, Lord | From Benjamin Franklin to Lord Kames, 17 August 1762 | 1762-08-17 | ALS : Scottish Record Office I am now waiting here only for a Wind to waft me to America, but... |
| 41432 | Franklin, Benjamin | Strahan, William | From Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, 23 August … | 1762-08-23 | ALS : Pierpont Morgan Library I have been two Nights on board expecting to sail, but the Wind... |
| 41433 | Winthrop, John | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from John Winthrop, 29 September … | 1762-09-29 | MS not found; reprinted from Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on Electricity... |
| 41434 | Collinson, Peter | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Peter Collinson, 21 October … | 1762-10-21 | ALS : American Philosophical Society I impatienly expect the good News of my Dear Franklin’s Safe... |
| 41435 | Franklin, Benjamin | Mecom, Jane | From Benjamin Franklin to Jane Mecom, 11 November 1762 | 1762-11-11 | ALS : American Philosophical Society I received your kind Letter of the 1st Instant. It was on... |
| 41436 | Franklin, Benjamin | Greene, Catharine | From Benjamin Franklin to Catharine Greene, 25 November … | 1762-11-25 | Copy: American Philosophical Society I received your kind congratulations on my return, and thank... |
| 41437 | Franklin, Benjamin | Mecom, Jane | From Benjamin Franklin to Jane Mecom, 25 November 1762 | 1762-11-25 | ALS : American Philosophical Society I thank you for your obliging Letter of the 12th. Instant.... |
| 41438 | Franklin, Benjamin | Williams, Jonathan | From Benjamin Franklin to Jonathan Williams, 25 … | 1762-11-25 | ALS : Mrs. George S. Maywood, Garden City, N.Y. (1955) I thank you for your kind Congratulations... |
| 41439 | Hughes, John | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from John Hughes, 29 November 1762 | 1762-11-29 | ALS : American Philosophical Society The lands which Hughes proposed to buy in this letter had a... |
| 41440 | Franklin, Benjamin | Pringle, Sir John | From Benjamin Franklin to John Pringle, 1 December 1762 | 1762-12-01 | MS not found; reprinted from Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on Electricity... |
| 41441 | Franklin, Benjamin | Jackson, Richard | From Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, 2 December … | 1762-12-02 | ALS : American Philosophical Society I arrived here well on the 1st. ultimo and had the Pleasure... |
| 41442 | Franklin, Benjamin | Strahan, William | From Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, 2 December … | 1762-12-02 | ALS : American Philosophical Society As good Dr. Hawkesworth calls you, to whom my best Respects.... |
| 41443 | Franklin, Benjamin | Jackson, Richard | From Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, 6 December … | 1762-12-06 | ALS , duplicate LS , and (incomplete) draft: American Philosophical Society I have already wrote... |
| 41444 | Franklin, Benjamin | Collinson, Peter | From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 7 December … | 1762-12-07 | ALS : Pierpont Morgan Library I arrived here the first of last Month, and had the great... |
| 41445 | Franklin, Benjamin | Strahan, William | From Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, 7 December … | 1762-12-07 | ALS : Pierpont Morgan Library I wrote you some time since to acquaint you with my Arrival, and... |
| 41446 | Franklin, Benjamin | Fothergill, John | From Benjamin Franklin to John Fothergill, 8 December … | 1762-12-08 | Draft: American Philosophical Society On Nov. 8, 1762, William Shippen (above, IX , 219 n), who... |
| 41447 | Franklin, Benjamin | Nairne, Edward | From Benjamin Franklin to Edward Nairne, 8 December … | 1762-12-08 | Draft: American Philosophical Society I forget whether I paid you for the Magnet. Let me know. If... |
| 41448 | Franklin, Benjamin | Whitefoord, Caleb | From Benjamin Franklin to Caleb Whitefoord, 9 December … | 1762-12-09 | ALS : British Museum; draft: American Philosophical Society I thank you for your kind... |
| 41449 | Franklin, Benjamin | Boudinot, Elias, Jr. | From Benjamin Franklin to Elias Boudinot, Junior, [11 … | 1762-12-11 | MS not found: reprinted from extract in American Art Association Sale Catalogue, Dec. 2, 3, 1926,... |
| 41450 | Franklin, Benjamin | Ingersoll, Jared | From Benjamin Franklin to Jared Ingersoll, 11 December … | 1762-12-11 | ALS : New Haven Colony Historical Society I thank you for your kind Congratulations. It gives me... |
| 41451 | Franklin, Benjamin | Bowdoin, James | From Benjamin Franklin to James Bowdoin, 15 December … | 1762-12-15 | ALS : The Royal Archives, Windsor Castle; transcript: Massachusetts Historical Society I have... |
| 41452 | Franklin, Benjamin | Babcock, Joshua | From Benjamin Franklin to Joshua Babcock, 16 December … | 1762-12-16 | ALS : Yale University Library I thank you most cordially for your kind Congratulations on my... |
| 41453 | Franklin, Benjamin | Stiles, Ezra | From Benjamin Franklin to Ezra Stiles, 19 December 1762 | 1762-12-19 | ALS : Yale University Library This Line is just to salute you, and acquaint you with my Return to... |
| 41454 | Franklin, Benjamin | Winthrop, John | From Benjamin Franklin to John Winthrop, 23 December … | 1762-12-23 | MS not found; reprinted from American Autograph Shop, American Clipper (Merion Station, Pa.),... |
| 41455 | Franklin, Benjamin | Hughes & Co. | From Benjamin Franklin to Hughes and Co.: Directions … | ≈1762-01-01 | AD : The Assay Office, Birmingham, England In an advertisement for the armonica in the London... |
| 41456 | Franklin, Benjamin | Notes on Reading an Account of Travel in China, [1762?] | ≈1762-01-01 | AD : American Philosophical Society These notes in Franklin’s hand appear to have been memoranda... | |
| 41457 | Franklin, Benjamin | Franklin, Peter | From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Franklin, [1762?–1764] | ≈1762-01-01 | MS not found; reprinted from extract in Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on... |
| 41458 | Cooper, Sir Grey | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from [Grey] Cooper, [1762?] | ≈1762-01-01 | AL : American Philosophical Society Mr. Cooper presents his Compliments to Mr. Franclin and begs... |
| 41459 | Fitzgerald, Keane | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from [Keane] Fitz Gerald and … | ≈1759-01-01 | AL : American Philosophical Society Mr. Fitzgerald and Dr. Morton’s Compliments to Dr. Franklyn,... |
| 41460 | Garrigues, Isaac | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Isaac Garrigues, [1762?] | ≈1762-01-01 | ALS : American Philosophical Society You will please to Excuse my thus addressing as I am... |