Benjamin Franklin letter, Philadelphia, to William Strahan, 1749 October 23 : manuscript
- Description
- Autograph letter signed (B Franklin) to London printer William Strahan, dated Philadelphia, October 23, 1749. In discussion of various business matters, Franklin refers briefly to "a new public affair" and an enclosure, which was probably his Proposals relating to the education of youth in Pensilvania, all related to the founding of the College, Academy, and Charitable Schools of Philadelphia, earliest forerunner of the University of Pennsylvania.
- Creator
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (author)
- Strahan, William, 1715-1785 (addressee)
- Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- Date
- 1749
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Proposals relating to the education of youth in Pensilvania
- College, Academy, and Charitable Schools of Philadelphia
- Collection
- Miscellaneous Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 item (1 bifolium) : paper ; 25 x 19 cm
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p39883p75
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Misc Mss Box 26 Folder 13
- Provenance
- Sold at auction at Christie's (New York), Important Americana (Live Auction 23266), lot 634, 24 January 2025.
- Formerly owned by Montreal businessman, historian, and collector Gerald E. Hart.
- Sold at auction in a sale of letters and historical documents belonging to Gerald E. Hart at Bangs & Co. (New York), 27-28 February 1895.
- Formerly owned by Alfred Tredway White (1846-1921, Brooklyn) or his son-in-law Adrian Van Sinderen (1887-1963, Brooklyn and Washington (Connecticut)) and their descendants.
- Hart, Gerald E. (Gerald Ephraim), 1849-1936, former owner.
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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