BIB_ID
343379
Accession number
MA 152.8
Creator
Franklin, William, 1731-1813.
Display Date
1763 Oct. 14.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 31.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and addressed to "Mr. William Strahan / Printer / in New Street / Shoe Lane / London / per Favour of / Mr. Reed."
Part of a collection of letters of Benjamin and William Franklin to William Strahan; see collection-level record for more information.
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
Expressing concern that he has not heard from him for "so many months;" asking about the state of his accounts; commenting on a report that the reception to his "Appointment to this Government" [Royal Governor of New Jersey] had not been favorable and saying that "I believe that no Governor was ever more affectionately receiv'd by all Ranks of People. Even with those from whom I might have expected opposition I am upon very good Terms. And as a convincing proof of my Influence, I have carried two Points which the Crown has long had at Heart, & which former Governors have often unsuccessfully attempted."
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