To the tradesmen, farmers, and other inhabitants of the city and county of Philadelphia

Alternate Title:

And will you suffer the credit and liberties of the province of Pennsylvania to be sacrificed to the interests of a few merchants in Philadelphia? ...

Contributor:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (former owner)

Date:

1770-09-04

Description:

A statement in favor of non-importation.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Bequeathed by Benjamin Franklin to his grandson William Temple Franklin. Bequeathed by William Temple Franklin to George Fox who in turn passed on possession to his children, Charles and Mary. Found at the Fox family estate at Champlost in a stable loft by Mrs. Holbrook around 1862 and given to her by Eliza Fox subsequently. Sold by her son George O. Holbrook to a committee of friends of the University of Pennsylvania Library in 1903 and gifted by them to the University the same year.

Publisher:

[publisher not identified]

Subject:

Merchants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Early works to 1800; Commerce; Merchants

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

books

Physical Description:

1 sheet ([1] page); 17 x 20 cm

Geographic Subject:

Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Commerce -- Early works to 1800; Pennsylvania -- Commerce -- Early works to 1800; Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Caption title.; Text signed and dated at end: A tradesman. Northern-Liberties, September 24, 1770.; Imprint from ESTC.; Broadside.; Acquired in 1903 as part of the Benjamin Franklin Papers.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 900, Volume X Page 10

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)