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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. [Letters and document] / B. Franklin.

Title: [Letters and document] / B. Franklin.

Autograph fragment cut from document: B. Franklin, Clerk of Assembly, 1749 -- Letter, 1752 Jun 18, Philada., to the Rev. Dr. Saml Johnson, Stratford, Ct. Franklin had printed and bound Johnson's Elementa philosophica (1752) and writes, "I am very glad the Printing & Binding pleases you." He then praises Johnson's work and discusses the details of their transaction. (transcription available) -- Letter, 1781 Sep. 21, Passy, [France], to John Hancock. This letter introduces M. St. John, a Frenchman, to John Hancock. A group of Americans ("Five Captains of Vessels from Boston") made prisoners in England had escaped by open boat to Normandy, France, where M. St. John and his father had assisted the escapees. -- Document, 1782 Apr. 18, to David Rittenhouse, Pennsylvania State Treasurer. Franklin orders payment to George Wannemaker Ł38, 19 shillings, 11 pence, of state money for principal and interest due upon his certificate for "one horse furnished for public use." -- Portrait of Franklin. From an original picture by J. A. Duplessis. Engraved by J. Thomson. London: Published by Charles Knight. The Duplessis painting (1778) was engraved by Thomson (1805) and is the one used on the U.S. $100 bill.

ArchivalResource: 5 items

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Porter, Jane, 1776-1850. Jane Porter and Anna Maria Porter collection, 1808-1850.

Title: Jane Porter and Anna Maria Porter collection, 1808-1850.

Consists of letters, documents, engravings, a water color painting, and printed material including obituaries and biographies of the two Porter sisters. Anna Maria Porter's correspondence consists of 24 autograph letters sent to Mrs. Wilhelmina Hole, dated 1809-1830. The letters are bound together in boards, covered in tan paper. There is a letter addressed to "My Dear Madame". Also included is a clipping of her obituary, and a lithograph portrait engraving by G. Harlowe, engraved by T. Woolnoth, and published by Fisher, Son & Co., London, 1846.

ArchivalResource: .20 linear ft. (1 half-size archival box)

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