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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 to David Hartley

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04632 Author/Creator: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph note signed Date: February 26, 1775 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 23.1 x 18.4 cm. Order a Copy

Signed in text in the opening of the note and written in the third-person: "Dr. Franklin presents..." Sarcastically explains British methods for taxing the American colonies. Date from docket.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Hartley, David, 1732-1813

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