Benjamin Franklin Papers

To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Dunbar, 21 May 1755

From Thomas Dunbar

MS not found; extract printed in Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives, 1755–1755 (Philadelphia, 1755), p. 175.

May 21, 1755

Two sentences from this unlocated letter are printed in the Pennsylvania Assembly’s reply, Sept. 29, 1755, to Governor Morris’ charge, September 24, that the Assembly had done little to support Braddock’s expedition (see below, pp. 208–9).

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    To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Dunbar, 21 May 1755
    Author
    Dunbar, Thomas
    Recipient
    Franklin, Benjamin
    Date
    21 May 1755

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    “To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Dunbar, 21 May 1755,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-06-02-0025. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 6, April 1, 1755, through September 30, 1756, ed. Leonard W. Labaree. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1963, p. 56.]

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