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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
"Join, or Die"
Page 2
Woodcut from the Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia, May 9, 1754
Enlarged versions: Page 1 - Page 2
Serial & Government Publications Division (2)

MAGNA Britannia, her Colonies REDUC'd.
[Philadelphia, ca.1766]
Photostat copy
Enlarged version
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (4)

No Stamped Paper To Be Had.
[Philadelphia: Printed by Hall & Franklin, November 7, 1765]
Enlarged version
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (5A)

An Act for granting and applying certain Stamp Duties. . .
London: Mark Baskett, Printer to the King, 1765
Printed pamphlet
Manuscript Division (6)

Benjamin Franklin to Charles Thomson, September 27, 1766
Page 2
Manuscript letter
Enlarged version: Page 1 - Page 2
Manuscript Division (7)

Benjamin Franklin to Mary Stevenson (1739-1795), September 14, 1767
Manuscript letter
Manuscript Division (9)

[Matthew Wheelock].
Reflections Moral and Political on Great Britain and Her Colonies.
London: Printed for T. Becket and Co. 1770, bound with
[Allan Ramsay].
Thoughts on the Origin and Nature of Government.
London: 1769
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (3)

Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan (1715-1785), July 5, 1775
Manuscript letter
Enlarged version
Manuscript Division (10)

Artist unknown
The Plan, or a Scene in the French Cabinet.
[London: September 1779]
Etching
Enlarged version
Prints & Photographs Division (15)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-10081

Benjamin Franklin to Lord Richard Howe (1726-1799), July 20, 1776
Page 2
Manuscript letter
Manuscript Division (13)

"Tract Relative to the Affair of Hutchinson's Letters written by Dr. Franklin." [1774]
Manuscript document
Manuscript Division (11)

Robert Whitechurch (1814-ca. 1880), engraver
Franklin before the Lord's Council, Whitehall Chapel, London, 1774
Hand-colored engraving, 1859
Prints & Photographs Division (12)
LC-DIG-pga-03390

Declaration of the Cessation of Arms and Treaty of Paris (in French), 1783
Page 2
Manuscript copy book
Manuscript Division (20)

Anton Hohenstein (ca. 1823-?)
Franklin's Reception at the Court of France, 1778.
Philadelphia: John Smith, n.d.
Hand-colored lithograph
Prints & Photographs Division (14)
LC-DIG-pga-01591

Louis-Alexandre, duc de La Rochefoucauld d'Enville, translator
Constitutions des Treize Etats-Unis de L'Amerique.
Paris, Ph.-D. Pierres, 1783
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (20A)

Robert Sayer and John Bennett
The United States of America with the British Possessions of Canada, Nova Scotia, & of Newfoundland, divided with the French; and the Spanish Territories of Louisiana and Florida According to the Preliminary Articles of Peace Signed at Versailles, [Jan. 20, 1783].
London: Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1783
Hand-colored engraved map
Geography & Map Division (21)
[gmd370/g3700/g3700/ar075200]

Thomas Colley, engraver
A Political Concert; the vocal parts by 1. Miss America, 2. Franklin, 3. F-x, 4. Kepp-ll, 5. Mrs. Britannia, 6. Shelb-n, 7. Dun-i-g, 8. Benidick Rattle Snake.
London: W. Richardson, February 18, 1783
Engraving
Prints & Photographs Division (22)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-10082

A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia, survey'd by N. Scull and G. Heap.
London: Will Faden, 1777
Engraved map
Geography & Map Division (16A)
[gmd382/g3824/g3824p/ct000185]

In Congress, July 19, 1776. Resolved, That it be earnestly recommended to the Convention of Pennsylvania, to hasten, with all possible Expedition, the March of the Associators into New-Jersey,
Page 2
[Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1776]
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (19A)

Petition of the Continental Congress to King George III, October 26, 1774
Page 1 - Page 2
Manuscript document in the hand of Timothy Matlack
Manuscript Division (18)

Charles Thomson (1729-1824) to Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), November 1, 1774
Manuscript letter
Manuscript Division (19)

Benjamin Franklin
Plan for a Confederation, July 21, 1775
Annotated document
Manuscript Division (17)

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) to Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), October 14, 1787
Manuscript letter
Manuscript Division (28)

Bill of Sale, August 1787, signed by Benjamin Franklin
Manuscript document with seal
Manuscript Division (27)

Benjamin Franklin to George Washington, September 16, 1789
Page 2
Manuscript letter
Manuscript Division (30)

Benjamin Franklin to Anthony Benezet (1713-1784), August 22, 1772
Manuscript letter
Enlarged version
Manuscript Division (24)

An Address to the Public from the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes. . . .
Philadelphia, 1789
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (25)

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) to Sarah Bache (1743-1808), January 26, 1784
Manuscript letter
Enlarged version
Manuscript Division (29)

Benjamin Franklin
Draft speech, [June 11, 1787]
Manuscript document
Manuscript Division (26)

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
"Suppositions and Conjectures on the Aurora Borealis," [ca. December 1778]
Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4
Manuscript essay
Enlarged version: Page 1 -Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4
Manuscript Division (42)

Benjamin Franklin
"Hints concerning what is called Catching a Cold," [1773]
Page 2
Manuscript document
Enlarged version: Page 1 - Page 2
Manuscript Division (41)

Benjamin Franklin.
Experiments and Observations on Electricity, made at Philadelphia in America, By Benjamin Franklin.
Page 2
London, Printed for David Henry, 1769
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (37A)

Benjamin Franklin to Jan Ingenhousz, 1777
Manuscript essay
Enlarged version
Manuscript Division (39)

Benjamin Franklin
"Queries from Dr. Ingenhousz, with my Answers, B.F."
Page 2 - Page 3
Holograph report with annotations, [1777]
Enlarged version: Page 1 - Page 2 - Page 3
Manuscript Division (38)

Benjamin Franklin
"Maritime Observations and A Chart of the Gulph Stream"
in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. Philadelphia: 1796
Engraved map
Geography & Map Division (40A)
[gmd9/g9112/g9112g/ct000136]

Benjamin Franklin to George Whatley (ca. 1709-1791), May 23, 1785
Letterpress manuscript
Manuscript Division (36)

Benjamin Franklin
An Account of the New Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Places.
Page 2
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, 1744
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (35)

L'Armonica: Lettera del Signor Beniamino Franklin al Padre Giambatista Beccaria, Regio Professore di Fisica nell' Univ. di Torino.
Page 2
[Milano?:1776?]
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (43)

Franklin and Hall [shillings]; Hall and Sellers [dollars]
Paper currency, various amounts and dates
Manuscript Division (50a-f)

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
M. T. Cicero's Cato Major, or, his Discourse of Old-Age.
Translated by James Logan.
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, 1744
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (44)

The Art of Making Money Plenty in Every Man's Pocket by Doctor Franklin.
New York: P. Maverick, 1817
Enlarged version
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (51)

[Benjamin Franklin].
Poor Richard, 1739. An Almanack for the Year of Christ 1739.
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, 1738
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (53)

Richard Saunders [Benjamin Franklin].
The Way to Wealth, and a Plan by which Every Man may pay his Taxes.
Philadelphia: Printed by Daniel Humphreys, 1785
Enlarged version
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (53A)

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790).
A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain.
London, 1725
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (52)

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[Benjamin Franklin].
A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge among the British Plantations in America.
Page 2
Philadelphia, 1743
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (46)

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
"Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion," November 20, 1728
Manuscript document
Manuscript Division (47)

The General Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for all the British Plantations in America.
Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, January 1741
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (45)

Ephrata Community
Die bittre Gute, oder Das Gesäng der einsamen Turtel-Taube . . .
Page 2
Manuscript hymnal, 1746
Music Division (49)

[Conrad Beissel].
Vorspiel der Neuen-Welt.
Page 2
Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin, 1732
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (48)

[Benjamin Franklin]
The Private Life of the Late Benjamin Franklin, LL.D. Late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to France, &c.
London, Printed for J. Parsons, 1793
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (60)

Benjamin Franklin
"Observations Relative to the Intentions of the Original Founders of the Academy in Philadelphia," June, 1789
Page 2
Manuscript essay
Manuscript Division (56)

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Epitaph, 1738
Manuscript verse
Manuscript Division (61)

Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin (1705?-1774), January 6, 1773
Page 2
Manuscript letter
Enlarged version: Page 1 - Page 2
Manuscript Division (54)

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) to William Smith (1727-1803), February 19, 1791
Page 2
Manuscript letter
Enlarged version: Page 1 - Page 2
Manuscript Division (55)

James Madison's (1751-1836) notes on Benjamin Franklin
Manuscript document, post 1817
Enlarged version
Manuscript Division (58)

William Maclay's diary April 23, 1790
Manuscript diary
Enlarged version
Manuscript Division (59)

Report of the Committee "to whom was referrd the consideration of the Legacy left by Doct. B. Franklin to the Corporation," June 18, 1790
Manuscript document
Manuscript Division (57)

Juste Chevillet (1729-1802) [after a painting by Joseph Duplessis (1725-1802)]
Benjamin Franklin. Né à Boston, dans la Nouvelle Angleterre, le 17 Janv. 1706
Engraving, 1778
Prints & Photographs Division (1)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-10080

Edward Fisher (1730-ca. 1785), after Mason Chamberlin (d. 1787)
Benjamin Franklin of Philadelphia, 1763
Mezzotint
Prints & Photographs Division (32)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-10083