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A Benjamin Franklin letter

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1923
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1923
Physical Description
103 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 27, no. 5
Summary
Worner presents the text of a letter from Benjamin Franklin to Edward Shippen in 1755. Franklin, as a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly, was informing Shippen that he had arranged for two men to work on "the road" [Braddock's road?] and that they would report to Shippen for directions. The writer of this article did not know what "the road " was. He says he cited the letter only because it was one of few letters written by Franklin to someone in Lancaster.
Subjects
Shippen, Edward, - 1703-1781 - Correspondence.
Franklin, Benjamin, - 1706-1790 - Correspondence.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 27, number 1 (1923), p. 103Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.27
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