Francis Hopkinson sends a short note to Benjamin Franklin with an included unsealed letter that he requests be sealed and sent on to the addressee.; American Philosophical Society
Francis Hopkinson writes to Benjamin Franklin about current events. At the end he includes a poem called "The Dog & the S[c]unk: an historical Fable."; Correspondence and a fable "The dog and the skunk"; American Philosophical Society
Printed version of Hopkinson's poem illustrated with pen and ink sketches. Contains 22 pen and ink sketches by B.F.Bensel. This bound folio is a limited edition print of Francis Hopkinson's "Battle of the Kegs," which recounts an attempt by Philadelphians to attack British ships in the Delaware with floating kegs of gunpowder. Each verse is accompanied by a detailed sketch. Printed in 1866, the sketches can provide some insight into the historical memory of nineteenth-century Philadelphia.
