Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Mrs. Mary Hewson, 1782 May 1.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1782-05-01

Description:

Kensington. News of her son; her girl greatly pleased with Dr. Franklin's denunciation of stays. Her loss by the failure of Sollinson's house. Description of a travelling coach fitted with Thomas Viny's wheels, if he wishes to buy one. A.L.S. 4p.

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.

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Letters

Geographic Subject:

Kensington

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume VI Page 12

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)