Benjamin Franklin Papers

To Benjamin Franklin from David Barclay, 10 January 1775

From David Barclay

AL: Library of Congress

Cheapside 10th: 1st mo. 75

David Barclay presents his Respects and acquaints Dr. Franklin that if he could, without inconvenience, call on DB this Morning at Ten ’Clock his Company would be particularly acceptable.3 DB has been indisposed several Days past, or he should have waited on Dr. Franklin.

Addressed: Doctor Franklin / Craven street

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

3. Barclay probably wanted to discuss the merchants’ petition, which was in the hands of a drafting committee; see the note on his letter below, Jan. 12.

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    Franklin Papers
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    To Benjamin Franklin from David Barclay, 10 January 1775
    Author
    Barclay, David Junior
    Recipient
    Franklin, Benjamin
    Date
    10 January 1775

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    “To Benjamin Franklin from David Barclay, 10 January 1775,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-21-02-0239. [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. 445.]

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