Letter, 'Extract of a letter sent from Philadelphia' from Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson
Reference number: L&P/3/223
Date: 23 September 1756
Description
Subject: Correspondence
Read 24 February 1757
- Reference number
- L&P/3/223
- Earliest possible date
- 23 September 1756
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Benjamin Franklin, Letter, 'Extract of a letter sent from Philadelphia' from Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 23 September 1756, L&P/3/223, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_223/letter-extract-of-a-letter-sent-from-philadelphia-from-benjamin-franklin-to-peter-collinson, accessed on 14 June 2025
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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
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Decade 3 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1755-1760 Reference number: L&P/3
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Benjamin Franklin
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Peter Collinson
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