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Too Severe Upon Hobbes

January 1, 1737April 25, 2013Benjamin Franklin4. Letters, Benjamin Franklin, Colonial America, Letters, The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Vol II: Philadelphia

To James Logan Having read the Chapter on Moral Good or Virtue, with all the Attention I am Capable of, amidst the many little Cares that Continually infest me, I shall, as the Author Condescends to desire, give my Opinion of it, and that with all Sincerity and Freedom, neither apprehending the Imputation of Flattery…

I Concluded to Send You a Spinning Wheel

January 26, 1726April 25, 2013Benjamin Franklin4. Letters, Benjamin Franklin, Colonial America, Letters, The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Vol II: Philadelphia

To Jane Franklin DEAR SISTER, Philadelphia, January 6, 1726-7. I am highly pleased with the account captain Freeman gives me of you. I always judged by your behaviour when a child that you would make a good, agreeable woman, and you know you were ever my peculiar favourite. I have been thinking what would be…