Benjamin Franklin Papers

From Benjamin Franklin to Tuthill Hubbart, 27 September 1774

To Tuthill Hubbart

ALS on loan, Los Angeles County Museum: Mr. Jerome L. Padelford, San Gabriel, Cal., and Mrs. Martin L. Potter, Tacoma, Wash. (1955)

London, Sept. 27. 1774

Dear Kinsman,

I am much obliged by your care in sending me constantly the Boston Newspapers, which I request you to continue till you hear of my Return; adding such political Pamphlets or Sermons as may be published among you.

I am glad I did not see your Name among the Addressers.6

I hope you and your Sisters,7 &c. continue well: My Love to them. I am, ever, Your affectionate Uncle

B Franklin

Tuthill Hubbard Esqr

Addressed: To / Tuthill Hubbard, Esqr / Boston

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

6. The signers of the congratulatory addresses to Gov. Hutchinson on his departure for England, published in the Mass. Gaz.; and the Boston Weekly News-Letter, June 2, 1774.

7. Mrs. Partridge and “Sukey” Bean; see Hubbart’s letter above, March 31.

Index Entries

    You Are Looking At

    Source Project
    Franklin Papers
    Title
    From Benjamin Franklin to Tuthill Hubbart, 27 September 1774
    Author
    Franklin, Benjamin
    Recipient
    Hubbart, Tuthill
    Date
    27 September 1774

    Reference

    Cite as
    “From Benjamin Franklin to Tuthill Hubbart, 27 September 1774,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-21-02-0167. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 21, January 1, 1774, through March 22, 1775, ed. William B. Willcox. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1978, p. 320.]

    More between these correspondents