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Title: Collection of Benjamin Franklin
materials
Dates (inclusive): 1750-1787
Collection Number: mssFranklin
Creator:
Franklin, Benjamin,
1706-1790.
Extent:
38 items in 1 box (1.17 linear feet)
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection consists of various manuscripts and letters by, to, and about
American diplomat Benjamin Franklin assembled at the Huntington Library.
Language: English.
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and
delivery time.
[Identification of item]. Collection of Benjamin Franklin materials, The
Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
The collection was assembled from various sources. More information can
be found in the item descriptions, when available.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was an author, inventor, diplomat,
politician, and scientist.
This collection consists of various manuscripts and letters by, to, and about
American diplomat Benjamin Franklin assembled at the Huntington Library. The materials date from 1750 to 1787. Additional
Franklin manuscripts housed separately are listed in the Related Materials section
of this finding aid.
Related Materials in the Huntington Library
Other manuscript material by or addressed to Benjamin Franklin
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Benjamin Franklin autobiography (call number: HM 9999)
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Benjamin Franklin's account books [microform] (call number: MSS MFilm 00722). Microfilm from originals in the American Philosophical Society and the Pennsylvania Historical Society
- 1775 February 10. Franklin, Benjamin. Letter to unidentified addressee. London, England. Autograph letter signed, 1 page, in Signers of the Declaration of Independence collection of letters, 1729-1905 (call number: EM 45, vol. 5)
- 1776 May 11. Carroll, John. Letter to Benjamin Franklin. Autograph letter signed (call number: HM 22517) in the Canadiana collection
- 1779 January. [Adams, John, and Benjamin Franklin and Arthur Lee]. Letter to [Charles Gravier], Comte de Vergennes (Contemporary copy, unsigned) (Call number: HM 41567) in the Edward Davis Townsend papers
- 1779 November. LaVauguyon, Duc de. Letter to Benjamin Franklin. Autograph letter signed (call number: HM 22558) in the John Paul Jones File
- 1783 January 20. Adams, John, and Benjamin Franklin. Declaration for Cessation of Hostilities between Great Britain and America (call number: HM 25767) in Great Britain. Cabinet. Collection of Minutes, letters of Thos. Townshend, & a Declaration of the U.S. Ministers ... (call number: HM 25756-25767, 80765, 80766)
- Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council. Deed to Vincent M. Pelose, 1786 May 29. Signed by Benjamin Franklin (call number: HM 49488)
- Cooper, Samuel, 1725-1783.
Samuel Cooper papers, 1718-1798
(mssCO) includes letters to Franklin:
- Cooper, Samuel. Letter to Benjamin Franklin. 1777 March 28 (CO 15)
- Cooper, Samuel. Letter to Benjamin Franklin. 1777 October 25 (CO 17)
- Cooper, Samuel. Letter to Benjamin Franklin. 1778 November (CO 1)
- Cooper, Samuel. Letter to Benjamin Franklin. 1782 December 21 (CO 26)
- Adams, John. Letter to Benjamin Franklin. 1783 September 13 (CO 36)
- Loudoun, John Campbell, Earl of, 1705-1782.
Loudoun papers : Americana,
1682-1780
(call number: mssLO) contains letters either
to Franklin or that mention Franklin:
- Braddock, Edward. Letter to Sir Thomas Robinson that mentions Franklin. 1755 June 5 (LO 581)
- Parsons, William. Letter to Benjamin Franklin. 1756 June 19 (LO 1225)
- Abercromby, James. Letter to John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, that mentions Franklin. 1756 July 22 (LO 1237)
- Loudoun, John Campbell, Earl of. Letter to Benjamin Franklin. 1757 February 20 (LO 2870)
- Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1718-1800.
Elizabeth Montagu papers,
1688-1800
(call number: mssMO) contains copy of a
portion of a letter from Franklin:
- Franklin, Benjamin. Letter to Madame B. 1778, Sept. 28. Embedded in an incomplete letter to an unidentified addressee (MO 6836)
Letters and manuscripts that mention Franklin
- 1756-1758. Loudoun, John Campbell, Earl of, 1705-1782. Loudoun memorandum books, 1756, January 1-1760, March 31 (call number: HM 1717) contains references to Franklin (see 1756 July 24; 1757 April 25; 1758 January 7)
- 1763-1764. Cash book B, [account book of unidentified Philadelphia merchant, possibly Richard Footman and Peter Footman], 1759-1768 (call number: HM 729) containing single entries for Franklin & Hall (June 11, 1763, p. 37) and Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1764, p. 41)
- 1778 January 4. Petrie, Samuel. Letter to Edmund Burke (Call number: HM 23309)
- 1778 September 10. Alexander, William. Letter to Sir William Pulteney (call number: PU 34) in the William Pulteney papers
- 1782 May 21. Cowper, William. Letter to John Thornton (Call number: HM 24316)
- 1784 November 4. Adams, John. Letter to Elbridge Gerry (call number: HM 22793)
- 1798 April 2. Murray, William Vans. Letter to Rufus King (call number: RK 330) in Rufus King papers
- 1775 February 6. Strahan, William. Letter to William Hall (call number: HM 44036)
- 1787 December 1. Temple, John, Sir, 1732-1798. Notice of appointment of Benjamin Franklin as President and Commander in Chief of the state of Pennsylvania. Inset in extra-illustrated copy of Lossing, Benson J. The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution (call number: 39002, v.4, page 494)
- 1908 November 28. Turner, Frederick Jackson. To Clarence Walworth Alvord (call number: mssTU Box 11) in Frederick Jackson Turner papers
- 1924 April. Kennerley, Mitchell. Letter to Henry Huntington concerning artwork "Franklin Before the Privy Council." (call number: HEH 11167) in the Henry E. Huntington papers
- 1924 April-September. Anderson Galleries. Letter to Henry Huntington concerning artwork "Franklin Before the Privy Council" (call number: HEH 10978) in the Henry E. Huntington papers
- 1924 July 10. Wyman, Walter C. Letter to Charles E. Graham concerning a bust of Franklin (call number: HEH 11278) in the Henry E. Huntington papers
- 1925 June 20. Alvord, Clarence Walworth. To Frederick Jackson Turner (Call number: mssTU Box 34) in Frederick Jackson Turner papers
Facsimiles of Franklin manuscripts
-
Max Farrand papers
(call numbers:
mssFAR) includes photocopies of letters by Franklin:
- FAR Box 19 (5) Franklin, Benjamin. Letters to Catherine Ray Greene. 1755-1778. Photocopies of 8 autograph letters signed.
- FAR Box 19 (10) Franklin, Benjamin. Letter to Anna Maria Shipley. 1779 March 25. Passy, France Photocopy of autograph letter signed.
- FAR Box 19 (3) Franklin, Benjamin. Letter to [William Bartram]. 1769 July 9. London, England. Photocopy of autograph letter signed. 1 page.
- FAR Box 19 (8) Franklin, Benjamin. Letter to Humphrey Marshall. 1771 April 22. London, England. Photocopy of autograph letter signed.
- FAR Box 19 Franklin, Benjamin. Memoirs de B. Franklin (Le Veillard’s translation of the Autobiography). 1771-1789. Positive and negative Photostats of manuscript (206 pages), in French.
- FAR Box 19 (7) Franklin, Benjamin. Letters to Jan Ingenhauss. 1781-1785. Passy, France. Photocopy of 2 autograph letters signed.
- FAR Box 19 (6) Franklin, Benjamin. Letter to David Hartley. 1782 September 2. Passy, France. Photocopy of autograph letter signed.
- FAR Box 19 (9) Franklin, Benjamin. Letter to Richard Oswald. 1782 November 26. Passy, France. Photocopy of autograph letter signed.
- FAR Box 19 (4) Franklin, Benjamin. Letter to Matthew Carey. 1786 August 10. Photocopy of autograph letter signed. 1 page.
- FAC 752 Galloway, Joseph. Letter to William Franklin mentioning Benjamin Franklin [FACSIMILE]. 1773 November 25.
- FAC 751 Franklin, William. Letter to Benjamin Franklin. 1775 August 14
- FAC 474-477 Franklin, Benjamin. Letter to Silas Deane. 1776-1777 France Facsimiles of 4 letters
- FAC 753-756 Walpole, Thomas. Letter to Benjamin Franklin. 1777 February–December Facsimiles.
- FAC 750 Bancroft, Edward . Letter to Benjamin Franklin. 1777 March 4 Facsimile
The collection is arranged chronologically in one box.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Franklin, Benjamin,
1706-1790 -- Archives.
Franklin, Benjamin,
1706-1790 -- Autobiography.
Franklin, Benjamin,
1706-1790 -- Autographs -- Collecting and collectors.
Franklin, Benjamin,
1706-1790 -- Correspondence.
Franklin, Benjamin,
1706-1790 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Franklin, Benjamin,
1706-1790 -- Manuscripts.
Seven Years War, 1756-1763 -- Sources.
United States -- History -- 1783-1815 -- Sources.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources.
Letters (Correspodence) -- United States -- 18th century.
Manuscripts -- United States -- 18th
century.
Belcher, Jonathan,
1682-1757.
Chaumont, Jacques-Donatien Leray de, 1725-1803.
Cooper, Samuel, 1725-1783,
addressee.
Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric,
1721-1796, addressee.
Loudoun, John Campbell, Earl of,
1705-1782, addressee.
Strahan, William, 1715-1785,
correspondent.