BIB_ID
159473
Accession number
MA 555.25
Creator
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Display Date
1780 Jan. 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.1 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal to "Wm. Strahan Esqr / M.P. / London / per favour of / Mr. Strange."
There is an earlier and much angrier version of this letter published with the same citation noted below.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by the signers of the Constitution of the United States; see collection record (MA 555) for more information.
There is an earlier and much angrier version of this letter published with the same citation noted below.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by the signers of the Constitution of the United States; see collection record (MA 555) for more information.
Summary
Acknowledging receipt of his letter of December 31; suggesting "By this time you are probably satisfied that the Subject of it was a Mistake & therefore requires no Answer;" congratulating him on the marriage of his daughter."
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