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Yale Collection of Benjamin Franklin Manuscripts

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1457
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[Front cover]
[Front cover]

A short account of the family of Thomas Franklin, 1717 June 21

 Part of Collection — Box 1: Series 1 [39002141011057], Folder: 4
Call Number: GEN MSS 1457, Series I
Scope and Contents: M #4004
Dates: 1717 June 21
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Benjamin Franklin: Epitaph
Benjamin Franklin: Epitaph

Benjamin Franklin: Epitaph, circa 1727

 Part of Collection — Box 32: Series 1 [39002141011727], Folder: 2128
Call Number: GEN MSS 1457, Series I
Scope and Contents: M #1508
Dates: circa 1727
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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l. [1]
l. [1]

Deborah Franklin: letter to Richard and Sarah Bache (manuscript copy); Philadelphia, 1768 August 16

 Part of Collection — Box 7: Series 1 [39002141011040], Folder: 381
Call Number: GEN MSS 1457, Series I
Dates: 1768 August 16
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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p. [5]
p. [5]

Jonathan Williams: "Journal of Josiah and Jonathan Williams, 7 November 1770 to 5 May 1775." Manuscript volume., 1770 November 7- 1775 May 5

 Part of Collection — Box 33: Series 1 [39002141011735], Folder: 2133
Call Number: GEN MSS 1457, Series I
Scope and Contents: Memoir written later than the dates covered in the text. "These rough journals are memoranda made by my father, General Jonathan Williams, and found among his papers--they were collected, arranged, and bound by his son, Henry J. Williams, Philadelphia 1871."
Dates: 1770 November 7- 1775 May 5
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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[Front cover]
[Front cover]

Benjamin Franklin: "Information respecting America." Autograph manuscript., 1784

 Part of Collection — Box 34: Series 1 [39002141011701], Folder: 2140
Call Number: GEN MSS 1457, Series I
Scope and Contents: M #598. Smyth VIII, 603 (attributed by Smith to 1782). Phillipps MS 26198. Endorsed by William Upcott as "the original rough draft in his own handwriting."
Dates: 1784
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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p. [1]
p. [1]

Richard Henry Lee: letter to Samuel Adams; New York, 1789 May 10

 Part of Collection — Box 24: Series 1 [39002141011420], Folder: 1614
Call Number: GEN MSS 1457, Series I
Scope and Contents: M #17205
Dates: 1789 May 10
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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[recto]
[recto]

Thomas Jefferson: letter to Judge James Semple; also Judge Semple's reply; Monticello, 1812 October 2

 Part of Collection — Box 28: Series 1 [39002141011461], Folder: 1972
Call Number: GEN MSS 1457, Series I
Dates: 1812 October 2
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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[recto]
[recto]

Philadelphia Lottery Papers., 1746–1771

 Part of Collection — Box 60 (Oversize): Series 1 [39002093715937], Folder: 2259-2265
Call Number: GEN MSS 1457, Series I
Scope and Contents: M #87C. Hild. - 1088, 1146. Documents, mounted to larger individual sheets, related to the Philadelphia Lottery, including tickets, articles regarding the lottery in the Philadelphia Gazette, calculations respecting payouts, receipts.
Dates: 1746–1771
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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[recto]
[recto]

Benjamin Franklin: Epitaph (includes photostatic copies, facsimiles, and correspondence regarding), circa 1727

 Part of Collection — Box 1: Series 1 [39002141011057], Folder: 9-10
Call Number: GEN MSS 1457, Series I
Dates: circa 1727
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Bartram, John: letter to Cadwallader Colden
Bartram, John: letter to Cadwallader Colden

Bartram, John: letter to Cadwallader Colden, 1744 March 27

 Part of Collection — Box 63 (Oversize): Series 1 [39002093715978], Folder: 2296
Call Number: GEN MSS 1457, Series I
Scope and Contents: Written on printed broadside: A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge among the British Plantations in America (Philadelphia: 1743 May 14). (Includes photographic negative of the printed text.)
Dates: 1744 March 27
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Benjamin Franklin: letter to Benjamin Rush; London
Benjamin Franklin: letter to Benjamin Rush; London

Benjamin Franklin: letter to Benjamin Rush; London, 1773 July 14

 Part of Collection — Box 9: Series 1 [39002141011123], Folder: 525
Call Number: GEN MSS 1457, Series I
Dates: 1773 July 14
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Benjamin Franklin, John Jay: document appointing William T. Franklin as Secretary to the American Commission negotiating a peace treaty
Benjamin Franklin, John Jay: document appointing William T. Franklin as Secretary to the American Commission negotiating a peace treaty

Benjamin Franklin, John Jay: document appointing William T. Franklin as Secretary to the American Commission negotiating a peace treaty , 1782 October 1

 Part of Collection — Box 67 (Oversize): Series 1 [39002093716018]
Call Number: GEN MSS 1457, Series I
Scope and Contents: Signed also by Henry Laurens and John Adams in 1783. With seals of Franklin, Laurens, and Adams. M #551
Dates: 1782 October 1
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Thomas Jefferson: letter to J. H. Freeman (with plans of Monticello); Washington
Thomas Jefferson: letter to J. H. Freeman (with plans of Monticello); Washington

Thomas Jefferson: letter to J. H. Freeman (with plans of Monticello); Washington, 1806 February 26

 Part of Collection — Box 27: Series 1 [39002141011453], Folder: 1846
Call Number: GEN MSS 1457, Series I
Scope and Contents: M #13124. Not in Monticello ed., Wash. 1904-05; Not in Ford's ed. of T. J. corresp., Boston, 1916
Dates: 1806 February 26
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library