16 March 1755
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Autograph letter signed
Title: to John Franklin
Writes to his brother regarding an unscrupulous blackmith and the ensuing trouble from his shoddy handiwork. Asks his brother to tarnish the smith's name. Franklin ends with a pun on the smith's supposed regard for the 8th Commandment: "Thou shalt not Steel."
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