BIB_ID
159445
Accession number
MA 152.1
Creator
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Display Date
1748 Oct. 19.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.5 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters of Benjamin and William Franklin to William Strahan; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan at the Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker sale in Philadelphia, December 14, 1905, lot. 284.
Summary
Concerning payments to be made to his son [William] for service in the Army; introducing him to a young printer who will be setting up a shop on Antigua and with whom he may wish to work; discussing possible relationships with several booksellers.
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