Hillegas, Michael to Benjamin Franklin, 1782 April 29
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Hillegas, Michael to Benjamin Franklin, 1782 April 29 | ||
| Alternative Title | Hillegas, Michael, 1729-1804. to Benjamin Franklin | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| Creator | Hillegas, Michael, 1729-1804 | ||
| Recipient | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | Michael Hillegas writes on behalf of a poor widow to request that Benjamin Franklin help get her son, John Claypoole, released. He describes that Claypoole was taken prisoner on the ship Luzerne and is now in Mill Prison. He also asks for Franklin how much a set of encyclopedias costs in France for a friend. | ||
| Note | American Philosophical Society | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Language | (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations, British | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Philadelphia (Pa.) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Claypoole, John, -1817 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Old Mill Prison | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Correspondence | ||
| Extent | 4p. | ||
| Digital Origin | Reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | Preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1782-04-29 | ||
| Date Captured | 2022 | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | Franklin-Bache Papers | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.F85.ba | ||
| URL | https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F85.ba-ead.xml | ||
| ACCESS INFORMATION | |||
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