![FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). Autograph endorsement signed ("B. Franklin") as President of Pennsylvania, [Philadelphia,] 26 February 1787. One page, 85 x 190mm (visible) accomplished on the verso of a manuscript document fragment concerning an unspecified bankruptcy action.
COLONIAL CURRENCY — A note for three pence in Pennsylvania currency, per an act of 18 June 1764. Printed by Franklin and Hall, [1764]. Part of a emission of £55,000 printed by Franklin and Hall in denominations ranging from 3d to 20s (See Miller, 820).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2024/NYR/2024_NYR_22325_0484_001(franklin_benjamin_autograph_endorsement_signed_as_president_of_pennsyl070157).jpg?w=1)
![FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). Autograph endorsement signed ("B. Franklin") as President of Pennsylvania, [Philadelphia,] 26 February 1787. One page, 85 x 190mm (visible) accomplished on the verso of a manuscript document fragment concerning an unspecified bankruptcy action.
COLONIAL CURRENCY — A note for three pence in Pennsylvania currency, per an act of 18 June 1764. Printed by Franklin and Hall, [1764]. Part of a emission of £55,000 printed by Franklin and Hall in denominations ranging from 3d to 20s (See Miller, 820).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2024/NYR/2024_NYR_22325_0484_003(franklin_benjamin_autograph_endorsement_signed_as_president_of_pennsyl095406).jpg?w=1)
![FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). Autograph endorsement signed ("B. Franklin") as President of Pennsylvania, [Philadelphia,] 26 February 1787. One page, 85 x 190mm (visible) accomplished on the verso of a manuscript document fragment concerning an unspecified bankruptcy action.
COLONIAL CURRENCY — A note for three pence in Pennsylvania currency, per an act of 18 June 1764. Printed by Franklin and Hall, [1764]. Part of a emission of £55,000 printed by Franklin and Hall in denominations ranging from 3d to 20s (See Miller, 820).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2024/NYR/2024_NYR_22325_0484_000(franklin_benjamin_autograph_endorsement_signed_as_president_of_pennsyl085624).jpg?w=1)
PROPERTY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PEPPER, JR. AND HOLLY (PEPPER) WHITE, DIRECT DESCENDANTS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). Autograph endorsement signed ("B. Franklin") as President of Pennsylvania, [Philadelphia,] 26 February 1787.
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FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). Autograph endorsement signed ("B. Franklin") as President of Pennsylvania, [Philadelphia,] 26 February 1787.
One page, 85 x 190mm (visible) accomplished on the verso of a manuscript document fragment concerning an unspecified bankruptcy action.
[Framed with several additional pieces including:] [Abbé Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non after Jean Baptiste Le Prince], Le Docteur Francklin Couronneé par la Liberté. Aquatint (235 x 190 mm) * D. Benjamin Franklin, et vita inter Americanos acta, et magnis electricitatis periculis clarus. Engraved by Johann Elias Haid (1780) after Charles-Nicholas Cohcin. Mezzotint (225 x 140mm) * A note for three pence in Pennsylvania currency, per an act of 18 June 1764. Printed by Franklin and Hall, [1764]. Part of a emission of £55,000 printed by Franklin and Hall in denominations ranging from 3d to 20s (See Miller, 820) * Benjamin Franklin Natus Boston XVII Jan MDCCVI [obverse] Eripuit Coelo Fulmen Sceptrum Que Tyrannis (reverse) Bronze medal by Augustin Dupre, 1786. 43mm diam.
One page, 85 x 190mm (visible) accomplished on the verso of a manuscript document fragment concerning an unspecified bankruptcy action.
[Framed with several additional pieces including:] [Abbé Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non after Jean Baptiste Le Prince], Le Docteur Francklin Couronneé par la Liberté. Aquatint (235 x 190 mm) * D. Benjamin Franklin, et vita inter Americanos acta, et magnis electricitatis periculis clarus. Engraved by Johann Elias Haid (1780) after Charles-Nicholas Cohcin. Mezzotint (225 x 140mm) * A note for three pence in Pennsylvania currency, per an act of 18 June 1764. Printed by Franklin and Hall, [1764]. Part of a emission of £55,000 printed by Franklin and Hall in denominations ranging from 3d to 20s (See Miller, 820) * Benjamin Franklin Natus Boston XVII Jan MDCCVI [obverse] Eripuit Coelo Fulmen Sceptrum Que Tyrannis (reverse) Bronze medal by Augustin Dupre, 1786. 43mm diam.
Provenance
Probably acquired by Benjamin Franklin Pepper (1879-1918), Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, great-great-great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin
Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Pepper, née Rebecca Thomson Willing (1882-1955), Ballygarth, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, wife
B. Franklin Pepper (1930-2011), Alexandria, Virginia, grandson
Benjamin Franklin Pepper, Jr. and Holly (Pepper) White, children and current owners
Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Pepper, née Rebecca Thomson Willing (1882-1955), Ballygarth, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, wife
B. Franklin Pepper (1930-2011), Alexandria, Virginia, grandson
Benjamin Franklin Pepper, Jr. and Holly (Pepper) White, children and current owners
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