BIB_ID
116761
Accession number
MA 152.27
Creator
Strahan, William, 1715-1785.
Display Date
"Saturday" [1765 or 1771] May 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.5 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters of Benjamin and William Franklin to William Strahan; see collection-level record for more information.
The letter is only dated "Saturday May 4," however, the Papers of Benjamin Franklin, volume 12, p. 122, give the year of writing as either 1765 or 1771.
Written in the third person.
The letter is only dated "Saturday May 4," however, the Papers of Benjamin Franklin, volume 12, p. 122, give the year of writing as either 1765 or 1771.
Written in the third person.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan at the Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker sale in Philadelphia, December 14, 1905, lot. 284.
Summary
Remonstrating him for forgetting an appointment for tea the previous evening; saying that he will be at home that evening and would be "very happy to see him."
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