MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1791-1800
Abstract:
After William Temple Franklin returned to Europe in 1792, he left oversight of his financial interests in America in the hands of his intimate friend and fellow land speculator, George Fox. A physician and member of the American Philosophical Society, Fox also took possession of the remainder of Benjamin Franklin's papers, which eventually passed through his son, Charles Pemberton Fox, to the APS.
The Franklin-Fox Collection contains 98 items, consisting mostly of letters from William Temple Franklin to George Fox regarding land holdings and finances, and retained copies of Fox's letters to Franklin. The correspondence is fairly relentlessly focused on business matters and rarely contains personal comments, however there are occasional requests for books and two reference to the yellow fever epidemic of 1798 and the death of Benjamin Franklin Bache.
Call #:
Mss.B.F86f
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet
Subjects:
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Americans Abroad | Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1769-1798 | Business Records and Accounts | Fox, Charles Pemberton, 1792-1866 | Fox, George, 1759-1828 | Fox, Joseph, ca.1710-1779 | Fox, Samuel Mickle, 1763-1808 | Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 | Jones, N. Cantwell | Land and Speculation | Pennsylvania History | Philadelphia History | Real property -- Pennsylvania | Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia