BIB_ID
343546
Accession number
MA 152.21
Creator
Franklin, William, 1731-1813
Display Date
1775 May 7.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (1 p) ; 32.0 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
Expressing concern for the security of his letter and "the danger of its being opened by Some of the Sons of Liberty at New York;" asking to be excused for not addressing the letter to him as "Member of Parliament" or "King's Printer."
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