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Title: Post office accounts, [1741-1773] (1 of 2); Hays' number: LXVII, 112
Identifier(s): text:255080
Creator: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.et al
Subject: Postal service--United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Postal service--United States--History.; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Date: 2019

Title: Benjamin Franklin Bache diary, 1782-1785
Identifier(s): text:193942
Description: This volume is a record of a schoolboy's life in Switzerland, with comments on his life in Passy with his grandfather, Benjamin Franklin.
Subject: Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1769-1798; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; American Revolution; Switzerland -- Description and travel; Diplomatic History
Date: 1782-1785

Title: Plan de souscription, pour le graphometre universel, nouvel instrument mathématique, de l'invention du Sr. A. G. Eckhardt, membre de la Société Royale de Londres
Identifier(s): text:782; APSimg6687; Goodman Number: 299
Description: A machine to "mesure & dessine généralement tous les objets visibles." Also advertises two volumes of plates, the drawings of which were made as samples of the various uses to which the "graphometre" might be applied.; Hays reference #: Vol. 77, no. 76. Oversized.
Creator: Eckhardt, Antoine George, ca. 1740-ca. 1810
Source: Benjamin Franklin Papers (Mss.B.F85); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F85-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Scientific Instruments; Broadside Subdivision: ; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Scientific apparatus; Mathematics
Date: n.d.

Title: Morgan, John to Sir Alexander Dick, Edinburgh, 1768 March 28
Identifier(s): text:335371
Description: Philadelphia, Photostat of A.L.S. 3p. and add., end. Medical school. Mentions Rush. Gunpowder ingredients discovered. Sarah and Richard Bache's marriage. Concerning B.Franklin.
Subject: Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813; Bache, Richard, 1737-1811; Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Date: 1768-03-28

Title: Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette to Benjamin Franklin, 1786 February 10
Identifier(s): text:279743
Description: Paris. His journey through Prussia and the Austrian dominions; general misinformation respecting America; King of Prussia's temper very bad; the Emperor's not very quiet; thinks, however, there is no danger of war. Happy to hear of Franklin's acceptance of the Presidency of Pennsylvania; great things expected from him. Committee appointed to consider the affairs of American commerce. A vocabulary of Indian words desired by the Empress of Russia; her plan of a universal dictionary. General physical description: A.L.S. 3p.
Subject: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Date: 1786-02-10

Title: Post office accounts, [1741-1773] (2 of 2); Hays' number: LXVII, 116
Identifier(s): text:255137
Creator: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.et al
Subject: Postal service--United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Postal service--United States--History.; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Date: 2019

Title: The right ascension and declination of ß bootes adapted to the beginning of the year, 1787
Identifier(s): text:790; APSimg6680; Goodman Number: 116
Description: Manuscript notation at top: "For His Excellency B. Franklin Esqr." Ellicott indicates that ß bootes "may be advantageously used in determining latitude" in the United States. Also includes notation that sector constructed by [David] Rittenhouse was used by Ellicott to make his observations.; Hays reference #: Vol. 77, no. 46.
Creator: Ellicott, Andrew, 1754-1820
Source: Benjamin Franklin Papers (Mss.B.F85); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F85-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Astronomy; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Astronomy; Constellations; Stargazing
Date: ca. 1787

Title: Vaughan, Benjamin to John Vaughan, 1789 May 6
Identifier(s): text:347049
Description: London, A.L. 4p. (see his Letters to John Vaughan, no.4) Insects infecting American corn; resulting trade restrictions; Hessian fly. Order for American journals. Mentions Sir Joseph Banks, Joseph Priestley, B. Franklin, and others.
Subject: Vaughan, John, 1756-1841; Hessian fly; Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820; Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Date: 1789-05-06

Title: To the learned and judicious. [Page 4:] Proposals for printing, by subscription, An easy introduction to the Latin language, adapted to the comprehension of beginners
Identifier(s): text:791; APSimg6685; Goodman Number: 277
Description: Prospectus announcing the creation of a work on the study of Latin for beginners, to be written by the Rev. W. Nixon. Includes specimens of grammar, vocabulary, and translation, in addition to a testimonial of Nixon's work Prosody Made Easy.; Hays reference #: Vol. 77, no. 74.
Creator: Nixon, William
Source: Benjamin Franklin Papers (Mss.B.F85); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F85-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Linguistics; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Language; Linguistics; Education
Date: n.d.

Title: Resolution, United States. Congress, 1782 September 17; United States. Congress. Resolution
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:11615
Description: Congress informs John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and Henry Laurens to attend and participate in the peace negotiations.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Diplomacy; Adams, John, 1735-1826; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Jay, John, 1745-1829; Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792
Date: 1782-09-17; 2022

Title: Redemptoris typo. Tentamina de electricitate. ...Exercitium istud quod sibi dedicari concessit, présentiâ suâ nobiltabit D. Benjamin Franklin, bene meritorum de electricitate physicorum princeps in Mazarinaeo
Identifier(s): text:787; APSimg6681; Goodman Number: 136
Description: Document announces the defense of a thesis by Louis-Hilaire Fagnan concerning the properties of electricity. Dr. Benjamin Franklin will be present, because the exercise is dedicated to him. See also more complete description with broadside. Includes illustration of Abraham and Isaac.; Hays reference #: Vol. 76, no. 38. Oversized.
Creator: Dumay, Julianus-Maria
Source: Benjamin Franklin Papers (Mss.B.F85); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F85-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Electricity; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Electricity; Public speaking
Date: [1779]

Title: Benjamin Franklin to Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy, 1781 October 1
Identifier(s): text:203864
Description: Worries about her journey and wishes he could carry her to Nice on wings. Mentions W. T. Franklin.
Subject: Brillon de Jouy, Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt, 1744-1824; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-10-01

Title: Housbrooke, Theophilus to Sarah Franklin Bache, 1803 June 18
Identifier(s): text:320802
Description: Letter from Theophilus Housbrooke, on behalf of Lord Woodhouselee, to Sally Bache regarding Benjamin Franklin's correspondence with Lord Kames, whom Lord Woodhouselee is writing a biography of.; Lord Woodhouselee published "Memoirs of the life and writings of the Honourable Henry Home of Kames : one of the senators of the College of Justice, and one of the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary in Scotland : containing sketches of the progress of literature and general improvement in Scotland during the greater part of the eighteenth century" in the early 19th century.
Creator: Housbrooke, Theophiluset al
Subject: International correspondence; Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808; Woodhouselee, Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord, 1747-1813; Kames, Henry Home, Lord, 1696-1782; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Date: 1803-06-18; 2021

Title: Morris, Robert to Benjamin Franklin, 1782 October 1; No. 966 Robert Morris to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): text:353478
Description: Discusses procuring a French ship-of-the-line to safely convoy money to America.
Creator: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806et al
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Date: 1782-10-01; 2023

Title: Benjamin Franklin and Erasable Writing
Identifier(s): video:636; 2006_04_004
Description: Dr. Stallybrass starts with Franklin's table of virtues and how it led to his invention of "erasable writing."
Subject: History of Science; Scientists, History, 18th century; Inventions, History, 18th century; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, Views on conduct of life; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2006-04-27

Title: Speech delivered from the chair of the Court of Session, by the Lord President, in name of the Court, to the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of the City of Edinburgh.
Identifier(s): : Paine 73 Sp3
Description: Campbell's response to ideas and activities of Scottish reformers and their "spirit of sedition".; Was published in: Association for preserving liberty and property against Republicans and Levellers (London, England). 1793. Association papers. Part I. Publications printed by special order of the Society for preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers, ... Part II. A collection of tracts, ... To which are prefixed, a preface, and the proceedings of the Society. Addressed to all the loyal associations. London: printed for J. Sewell; J. Debrett; J. Downes; Hookham and Carpenter; T. N. Longman; and W. Lane.
Creator: Campbell, Ilay, Sir, 1734-1823
Subject: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; France--Revolution, 1792-1795; Great Britain. Constitution; Association for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers (London, England)
Date: circa 1793

Title: Madison, James to James Kirke Paulding, 1831 April; No. 871 James Madison to James Kirke Paulding
Identifier(s): text:353730
Description: Mentions the problems of writing biography and the deficiencies of oral tradition and comments briefly on [George] Washington, [Benjamin] Franklin, [Thomas] Jefferson, and John Adams and more extensively on [Alexander] Hamilton for Paulding's proposed "Biographical undertaking."
Creator: Madison, James, 1751-1836et al
Subject: Biography; Oral history; Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860; Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804; Adams, John, 1735-1826; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Date: 1831-04; 2023

Title: Bowles, John to [William] Strahan, June 9; Hays' number: L(ii), 36
Identifier(s): text:255131
Creator: Bowles, John, 1701?-1779et al
Subject: Postal service--United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Postal service--United States--History.; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Strahan, William, 1715-1785
Date: 2019

Title: Soubise, Charles de Rohan, Prince de to Benjamin Franklin, 1781 November 16; Soubise, Charles de Rohan, Prince de, 1715-1787. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26851
Description: Letter from Charles de Rohan, Prince de Soubise to Benjamin Franklin. Sending him two game licenses.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Soubise, Charles de Rohan, prince de, 1715-1787; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Date: 1781-11-16; 2022

Title: William Strahan to Davie [Hall], 1761 October 6
Identifier(s): text:265513
Description: English politics. Mentions Dr. Franklin. Business. Mentions Mrs. D. Franklin
Subject: Strahan, William, 1715-1785; Hall, David, 1714-1772; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Franklin, Deborah Read Rogers, 1708-1774; Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century
Date: 1761-10-06