Benjamin Franklin Papers

To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan and Anna Mordaunt Shipley, [before 9 February 1772]: résumé

From Jonathan and Anna Mordaunt Shipley

AL: American Philosophical Society

<Before February 9,3 in the third person and the Bishop’s hand. He and his wife invite Franklin to dinner next Sunday, February 9.>

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

3. Feb. 9 fell on a Sunday during BF’s second mission only in 1766 and 1772, and as far as we know he was not acquainted with the Shipleys until 1771.

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    Franklin Papers
    Title
    To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan and Anna Mordaunt Shipley, [before 9 February 1772]: résumé
    Authors
    Shipley, Jonathan
    Shipley, Anna Mordaunt
    Recipient
    Franklin, Benjamin
    Date
    1 January 1771 – 8 February 1772

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    “To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan and Anna Mordaunt Shipley, [before 9 February 1772]: résumé,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-19-02-0049. [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. 76.]