Benjamin Franklin Papers

To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Pownall, [1765–1775]

From Thomas Pownall

ALS: American Philosophical Society

Tuesday Morning. [1765–1775]

Dear Sir,

If you have nothing better to do will you be so good to call on me this Morning and take a Family Dinner with us. I would call on you but having the symptoms of a great Minister3 strong upon by name the Gout I am not able to walk. I wish much to see you. Your friend and Servant

T Pownall

Addressed: To / B Franklin Esqr / &c

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

3. William Pitt, a famous sufferer from the gout, was undoubtedly meant.

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    Franklin Papers
    Title
    To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Pownall, [1765–1775]
    Author
    Pownall, Thomas
    Recipient
    Franklin, Benjamin
    Date
    1765–1775

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    “To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Pownall, [1765–1775],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-12-02-0218. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 12, January 1, through December 31, 1765, ed. Leonard W. Labaree. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1967, p. 428.]

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