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Autograph letter signed : New York, to William Strahan, 1781 Nov. 6.

BIB_ID
343566
Accession number
MA 152.25
Creator
Franklin, William, 1731-1813.
Display Date
1781 Nov. 6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 32.3 cm
Notes
Address panel to "William Strahan, Esqre / Member of Parliament / New Street / Fetter Lane / London / per Packet."
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 monies being sent to England for safekeeping, on behalf of a friend, following the surrender of Lord Cornwallis; saying "....every Person is anxious to get his Property remitted to Great Britain."