BIB_ID
365206
Accession number
MA 151.3
Creator
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Display Date
1751 May 21.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1905.
Description
1 item (2 p.), bound ; 33.4 cm
Notes
Endorsed beneath the date.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed by Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed by Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Summary
Asking for his help with an application he has been advised to make for the post of Deputy-Postmaster General of America to Elliot Benger; discussing compensation for the post; suggesting that Philadelphia would be a much more suitable place for the General Post Office than Virginia.
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