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Title: Vaughan, Benjamin to Nicolas Darcel, 1783 June 10; Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835. to Nicolas Darcel, Paris
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26499
Description: Letter from Benjamin Vaughan to Nicolas Darcel. London. Notifying him of the shipment of four boxes to his care, and giving a list of contents of each box to be delivered to Dr. Franklin and his grandson, Duke de Chaulnes, M. de Simon, Mr. and Mrs. John Jay, etc.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Household supplies; Family life--18th century; Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835; Darcel, Nicolas
Date: 1783-06-10; 2022

Title: Bache, Sarah Franklin to William Bache, 1801 May 13
Identifier(s): text:320820
Description: Letter from Sally Bache to her son, William Bache, discussing family matters. Sally mentions William's sister Eliza [Elizabeth Franklin Bache] gave birth to a boy, his brother Richard continues to sleepwalk, and congratulates William on his newborn son.
Creator: Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808et al
Subject: Family life--19th century; Parenthood; Bache, William, 1773-1818; Harwood, Elizabeth (Eliza) Franklin Bache, 1777-1820; Bache, Richard, 1784-1848
Date: 1801-05-13; 2021

Title: Hutchinson, James to Milnor, Katherine Rickey Hutchinson 1776 June 14
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:7281
Description: Letter from James Hutchinson to his mother regarding the difficulties of the post and traveling back home.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Medical education--England; Education--America--History--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Family life--18th century; Transatlantic voyages
Date: 1776-06-14; 2022

Title: Wister, Sarah to William Wister, 1904 November 15; Wister, Sarah, 1761-1804. ALS to William Wister
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:7444
Description: Sarah Wister writes about the death of her brother William Wister in 1781.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Family life--18th century; Households--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--18th century; Motherhood; Children--America--History--18th century; Wister, William, 1778-1781
Date: 1781; 2022

Title: Franklin, William Temple to Sarah Franklin Bache, 1780 March 18; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823. Letter to [Sarah Franklin] Bache
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26643
Description: Letter from William Temple Franklin to Sarah Franklin Bache. Bust being sent. Letters to father "might give suspicions." Squirrel skins for coat. B.F. requested cotton for a Lady. Mentions Mr. Brown, M. Gerard.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Upper class women; Women--Social life and customs--18th century; Family life--18th century; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823; Franklin, Elizabeth Bache
Date: 1780-03-18; 2022

Title: Nicolson, James to Benjamin Franklin, 1783 August 12; Nicolson, James. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26479
Description: Letter from James Nicolson to William Temple Franklin. Passy. Complains of the action of Dr. Franklin's grandson William Temple Franklin in taking away a miniature portrait of Lady Nicolson and insists on its prompt return.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Upper class women; Women--Social life and customs--18th century; Family life--18th century; Nicolson, James; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1783-08-12; 2022

Title: Vaughan, Benjamin to William Temple Franklin, 1783 June 6; Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26428
Description: Letter from Benjamin Vaughan to William Temple Franklin. Shipment of four boxes containing various articles for him and Dr. Franklin, Mrs. John Jay, Duke de Chaulnes, etc.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Household supplies; Family life--18th century; Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1783-06-06; 2022

Title: Franklin, Elizabeth to William Temple Franklin, 1775 September 25; Franklin, Elizabeth. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24748
Description: Letter from Elizabeth Franklin to William Temple Franklin sending items of news about friends and acquaintances. Tells of the Major's marriage, stating that thought he has not yet seen the bride he hears she is young, handsome, and very awkward.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; Family life--18th century; Franklin, Elizabeth Downes, -1777; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1775-09-25; 2022

Title: Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de to William Temple Franklin, 1779 October 31; Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25691
Description: Letter from Louis Laneuville to William Temple Franklin. Inviting him to dinner.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Family life--18th century; Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1779-10-31; 2022

Title: Lockyer, B. to William Temple Franklin, 1780 March 3; Lockyer, B. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24550
Description: Letter from B. Lockyer to William Temple Franklin. Thanks him for his recommendation to the school, but decides to place his children near the sea-coast where they will have no opportunity of contracting the Parisian customs.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; International travel; Family life--18th century; Education--18th century; Lockyer, B.; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-03-03; 2022

Title: Correspondence to Reuben Haines I, 1777 August 22 - 1786 December 04; Samuel Wallis; Morris Birkbeck To: Reuben Haines I
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:7801
Description: Correspondence with Reuben Haines I from various individuals. Haines was a brewer, firefighter, and land prospector. Letters range in date from 1777-1786. The topics are varied but include land, deeds, estates, and other business deals as well as more personal topics.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Finance, Personal--United States; Land grants; Quaker businesspeople; Business; Family life--18th century; Hepburn, William; Wallis, John, 1734-1793; Birkbeck, Morris; Wallis, Samuel, 1736-1798
Date: 1777-1786; 2022

Title: Bache, Sarah Franklin to Benjamin Franklin, 1780 May 02; Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9925
Description: Sarah Franklin Bache writes to Benjamin Franklin that her "little boy" has recovered from smallpox. She also mentions that Robert Mease, whom she recommends, is bringing this letter to Franklin. She writes warmily of the Mease family and describes her time with them when she was "drove out of Philadelphia." Sally ends with a description of her children and sends her affection to William Temple Franklin and Benjamin Franklin Bache.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Family life--18th century; Fox, Joseph Mickle, 1757-1784; Foulke, John, 1757-1796; Mease, Robert
Date: 1780-05-02; 2022

Title: Hutchinson, James to Mary Stanbury Pemberton, 1776 June 13
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:7273
Description: Letter from James Hutchinson to his aunt, Mary Pemberton about his education and family.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Medical education--England; Education--America--History--18th century; Women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Social conditions; Family life--18th century; Fothergill, John, 1712-1780
Date: 1776-06-13; 2022

Title: Franklin, William Temple to Sir James Nicolson, 1783 August 14; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823. to Sir James Nicolson
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26621
Description: Letter from William Temple Franklin to Sir James Nicolson. Passy. Thinks it improper to restore Lady Nicolson's portrait to her husband; will only return it on condition that she send back his W.T.F.'s portrait.; press copy; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Upper class women; Women--Social life and customs--18th century; Family life--18th century; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823; Nicolson, James
Date: 1783-08-14; 2022

Title: Montfort de Prat, Julius de, Comte to William Temple Franklin, 1779 October 19; Montfort de Prat, Julius de, Comte. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25332
Description: Letter from Julius de Montfort de Prat, Comte to William Temple Franklin. Requests him to read his educational plan or program submitted to Dr. Franklin and give his opinion on the English translation of it.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Family life--18th century; Education--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Political aspects; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1779-10-19; 2022

Title: Shee, John to William Temple Franklin, 1781 November 20; Shee, John, 1740-1808. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26634
Description: Letter from John Shee to William Temple Franklin. Sends a copy of the letter written to Silas Deane with reference to the sale of his Loan Office certificates. Requests return of his power of attorney given to Silas Deane.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Family life--18th century; Shee, John, 1740-1808; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-11-20; 2022

Title: Franklin, William Temple to George Fox, 1781 January 15; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823. Letter to G[eorge] Fox
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25952
Description: Letter from William Temple Franklin to George Fox. Americans in Paris; birth of the dauphin. Mentions his grandfather.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; Family life--18th century; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823; Fox, George
Date: 1781-01-15; 2022

Title: Bache, Richard to Benjamin Franklin, 1777 February 05; Bache, Richard, 1737-1811. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:12213
Description: Richard Bache writes to Benjamin Franklin from Philadelphia about the movements of the Continental and British Armies. He writes that Franklin's library was sent to Bethlehem, he also writes about financial affairs related to Franklin. Bache mentions that Franklin's daughter, Sarah (Sally) and their children, are now living in two rooms of a farmhouse in Goshen in Chester County.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Finance, Personal--United States; Family life--18th century
Date: 1777-02-05; 2022

Title: Vaux, George, V to Richard Vaux, 1781 March 12
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:12780
Description: Letter from George Vaux V to his brother Richard in which George provides updates to his business and also offers Richard medical advice.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Family life--18th century; Medicine--United States--History--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; Vaux, George, V, 1721-1803; Vaux, Richard, 1751-1790; Vaux family
Date: 1781-03-12; 2022

Title: Quétant, Antoine-François to William Temple Franklin, 1778 May 7; Quétant, Antoine-François, 1733-1823. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25309
Description: Letter from Antoine-François Quétant to William Temple Franklin. Sends the English original of the "Conscious Lovers." Reminds him (William Temple) of a promise he made to dine on Tuesday of next week.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; Family life--18th century; French literature--18th century; Quétant, Antoine-François, 1733-1823; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1778-05-07; 2022