Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 to John Hunter

GLC01656

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GLC#
GLC01656
Type
Letters
Date
December 3, 1755
Author/Creator
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Title
to John Hunter
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
1 p. : docket : free frank Height: 21 cm, Width: 16 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
Native Americans

With autograph free frank. Franklin says that "By our late Act I am engag'd in the Disposition of the 60,000 pounds," money given to him by the Pennsylvania legislature to raise a militia for defense of the state's borders during the French and Indian war. He then asks about "a train of artillery, arms, etc." arriving in Virginia. A personal letter.

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