4151On Absentee Governors: I, 26 August 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Reprinted in The Pennsylvania Chronicle , November 28–December 5, 1768, from The Public...
4152On Absentee Governors: II, 27 August 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Reprinted in The Pennsylvania Chronicle , January 2–9, 1769, from The Public Advertiser , August...
4153To Benjamin Franklin from [Alexander] Jacob, 29 August 1768 (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society Mr. Jacob presents his Compliments to Dr. Franklyn and begs...
4154To Benjamin Franklin from John Swinton, Jr., 29 August 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society May I beg the Favor that you will transmit the enclosed...
4155From Benjamin Franklin to Dennys DeBerdt, 31 August 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Draft: American Philosophical Society; printed in The Public Advertiser , August 31, 1768. In the...
4156To Benjamin Franklin from Peter Timothy, 3 September 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society The Bearer is the young Man you desired me to enquire about,...
4157To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 10 September 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Tho’ I have not had the Pleasure of one Line from you for...
4158From Benjamin Franklin to Jane Mecom, 20 September 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society The last Letter I have received from you is dated May 11. I...
4159To Benjamin Franklin from Jean-Baptiste LeRoy, [before 21 September 1768] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society J’ai oublié Monsieur, dans la lettre que j’ai donnée a M....
4160From Benjamin Franklin to Giambatista Beccaria, 21 September 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Translated from the Italian in Giuseppe A. F. G. Eandi, Memorie istoriche intorno gli studi del...
4161From Benjamin Franklin to Jean-Baptiste LeRoy, 21 September 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Bibliothèque Nationale I received your Favour by M. L’Abbé Taglieri, and am oblig’d to you...
4162Answers to the Late Queries on the Colonies, 22–24 September 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The London Chronicle , September 22–24, 1768 In your Paper of Sept. 15, you inserted...
4163Pennsylvania Assembly Committee of Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin and Richard Jackson, 22 September 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives … 1767–1768 (Philadelphia,...
4164To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 24 September 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Altho’ it be many Months since I have had the Pleasure of...
4165To Benjamin Franklin from Mary Stevenson, 26 September 1768: phonetic spelling and transcription (Franklin Papers)
Transcribed from ALS (draft with all but the final sentence in phonetic spelling): American...
4166From Benjamin Franklin to Mary Stevenson, 28 September 1768: phonetic spelling and transcription (Franklin Papers)
Transcribed from the text in phonetic spelling in Benjamin Vaughan, ed., Political,...
4167On Sinecures, 28 September 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser , September 28, 1768 To the Printer of the...
4168Anthony Todd to Benjamin Franklin and John Foxcroft, 4 October 1768 (Franklin Papers)
MS extract: Public Record Office Extract of a Letter from Anth Todd Esqr. to Messrs. Franklin and...
4169From Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, 5 October 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Cornell University Library It feels very strange to me to have Ships and Packets come in,...
4170From Benjamin Franklin to William Franklin, 5 October 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Two extracts: one printed in The Pennsylvania Chronicle , December 26-January 2, 1769, the other...
4171Deborah Franklin: Power of Attorney, 14 October 1768 (Franklin Papers)
DS : American Philosophical Society Whereas my Husband Benjamin Franklin late of this City of...
4172Pennsylvania Assembly Committee of Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin and Richard Jackson, 15 October 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the Province of...
4173To Benjamin Franklin from Joseph Galloway, 17 October 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I have for Some Time omitted to write to you from an...
4174To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 17 October 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Tho’ I am hardly able to hold a Pen, from a Fit of the Gout...
4175Arguments Pro and Con: I, 18–20 October 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The London Chronicle , October 18–20, 1768 As I have often experienced the great...
4176From Benjamin Franklin to Mary Stevenson, 20 October 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Last Night your good Mother receiv’d the enclos’d Letters...
4177Reply to Thomas Crowley, 21 October 1768 (Franklin Papers)
AD : British Museum; printed in The Public Advertiser , October 24, 1768. Thomas Crowley, an...
4178To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 24 October 1768: résumé (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society [New York, October 24. Repeats the information in his letter...
4179Arguments Pro and Con: II, 27–29 October 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The London Chronicle , October 27–29, 1768 Having, in your Chronicle of Oct. 20,...
4180From Benjamin Franklin to Mary Stevenson, 28 October 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Princeton University Library I did not receive your Letter of the 26th till I came home...
4181From Benjamin Franklin to Anthony Todd, 29 October 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Copy of ALS : Clements Library Franklin’s long-lasting interest in the Gulf Stream, which is...
4182To Benjamin Franklin from Anthony Todd, 31 October 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society As Lord Le Despencer cannot get at his Oats, being under a...
4183From Benjamin Franklin to Mary Stevenson, [October? 1768] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I return my dear Polly her Letters with Thanks for the Sight...
4184To Benjamin Franklin from John Huske, [before 1 November 1768?]: résumé (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society John Huske, an American-born merchant and M.P. for Maldon,...
4185The State of the Trade with the Northern Colonies, 1–3 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The London Chronicle , November 1–3, 1768. At a time when our disputes with America...
4186To Benjamin Franklin from Joseph Priestley, 1 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I take the opportunity of giving you [my letter by?] Mr. Lee...
4187To Benjamin Franklin from John Bartram, 5 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I have often intended to have wrote to thee this several...
4188To Benjamin Franklin from Charles Thomson and Thomas Mifflin, 5 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
LS : American Philosophical Society Enclosed are two bills of exchange, which we have the...
4189To Benjamin Franklin from Richard Bache, 6 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I did myself the Pleasure of writing you the other day by...
4190To Benjamin Franklin from [Charles Thomson], 6 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft): Library of Congress The rebirth of the American Philosophical Society, more than two...
4191To Benjamin Franklin from Jane Mecom, 7 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I cannot neglect writing to you by my Neibour Capt. Freeman...
4192To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Wharton, 7 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft): Historical Society of Pennsylvania I had the pleasure of writing thee a long Letter...
4193From Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, 8 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : New Haven Colony Historical Society I write this Line in great Haste, just to let you know...
4194To Benjamin Franklin from the Philadelphia Merchants, 10 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
LS : American Philosophical Society We having been appointed by the Merchants of this City to...
4195From Benjamin Franklin to Jane Mecom, 20 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society By this Ship, (Capt. Scot, ) Mrs. Stevenson sends you half a...
4196To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 22 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society You never gave me the Satisfaction to know, whether you ever...
4197To Benjamin Franklin from Martha Johnson, 24 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I Take this opertunety to write to you hoping This will find...
4198From Benjamin Franklin to ———, 28 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in part in The Gentleman’s Magazine , XLIX (supplement, 1779), pp. 647–8; printed in full...
4199To Benjamin Franklin from Joseph Priestley, 28 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society According to my promise, I send you the other paper,...
4200From Benjamin Franklin to Mary Stevenson, [November? 1768] (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society Inclos’d is a Letter from Mr. Coleman; it came under Cover of...