Address and letter written by Benjamin Franklin to a friend

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Address and letter written by Benjamin Franklin to a friend

Item Info

Item No: pdch00086
Title: Address and letter written by Benjamin Franklin to a friend
Media Type: Glass Plate Negatives
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Image taken by Philadelphia Evening Bulletin photographer Charles T. Higgins.  Notes on the negative's envelope read:  "Address and letter written by Benjamin Franklin to a friend; American History, 1924"

This 1924 image from a letter written by Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan shows one of Franklin's many letters in their forty-year correspondence. William Strahan was a Scottish-born printer and bookseller in London; he also served in Parliament.  Their correspondence began in the 1740s as a casual business acquaintance, and grew into a warm personal friendship.  There was a falling out around the time of the American Revolution, but the friendship was eventually renewed intact. 


Creation Year: 1924
Creator Name: Higgins, Charles - Photographer