.jpg?w=1)
ANOTHER PROPERTY
FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). Autograph letter signed ("B Franklin") Philadelphia, 11 December 1762 to Elias BOUDINOT (1740-1821) who dockets the letter on the integral leaf. 1 page 4to. Moderate toning, minor chip at bottom right margin.
Details
FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). Autograph letter signed ("B Franklin") Philadelphia, 11 December 1762 to Elias BOUDINOT (1740-1821) who dockets the letter on the integral leaf. 1 page 4to. Moderate toning, minor chip at bottom right margin.
Benjamin Franklin thanks his former neighbor, Elias Boudinot for his "Congratulations on my Return to my Family & Country," following his return from London.
"I thank you for your kind Congratulations on my Return to my Family & Country. -- It gives me great Pleasure to hear that you are married & well-settled, and your Brother and sister also. I most cordially wish every kind of Prosperity to the whole Family, for which I ever had an Esteem and Affection.-- I hope your good Father's indisposition will be of no long Continuance…"
Franklin had only recently returned from a five year stint in London as the agent for Pennsylvania, where he had attempted to blunt the power that Penn family wielded over the colony. Despite his failure in that mission, he returned to London again at the behest of the anti-proprietary party in Pennsylvania to continue his advocacy. It was during this latter stay in London--which lasted until 1775--that he became embroiled in imperial politics that culminated in the American Revolution. At the time of writing, Boudinot had been recently married to Hannah Stockton, after he had settled in Elizabeth, New Jersey where he had set up his law practice. During the Revolutionary War, Boudinot was active in recruiting and served as commissary general for prisoners before becoming a delegate to the Continental Congress, serving as that body's president from 1782 to 1783, and, in that capacity signed the Primary articles of Peace that Franklin had negotiated with Great Britain.
Benjamin Franklin thanks his former neighbor, Elias Boudinot for his "Congratulations on my Return to my Family & Country," following his return from London.
"I thank you for your kind Congratulations on my Return to my Family & Country. -- It gives me great Pleasure to hear that you are married & well-settled, and your Brother and sister also. I most cordially wish every kind of Prosperity to the whole Family, for which I ever had an Esteem and Affection.-- I hope your good Father's indisposition will be of no long Continuance…"
Franklin had only recently returned from a five year stint in London as the agent for Pennsylvania, where he had attempted to blunt the power that Penn family wielded over the colony. Despite his failure in that mission, he returned to London again at the behest of the anti-proprietary party in Pennsylvania to continue his advocacy. It was during this latter stay in London--which lasted until 1775--that he became embroiled in imperial politics that culminated in the American Revolution. At the time of writing, Boudinot had been recently married to Hannah Stockton, after he had settled in Elizabeth, New Jersey where he had set up his law practice. During the Revolutionary War, Boudinot was active in recruiting and served as commissary general for prisoners before becoming a delegate to the Continental Congress, serving as that body's president from 1782 to 1783, and, in that capacity signed the Primary articles of Peace that Franklin had negotiated with Great Britain.