Benjamin Franklin to Hans Sloane – June 2, 1725
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Date: June 2, 1725 Author: Benjamin Franklin Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047 Folio: f. 347
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English
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British Library, London
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Collections, Material Culture, Social
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Asbestos Purse, Meeting
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June 2, 1725
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Golden Fan in Little Britain
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[fol. 347] June 2 1725 Sir Having lately been in the Northern Parts of America, I have brought from thence a Purse made of the stone Asbestos, a Piece of the Stone, and a Piece of Wood, the Pithy Part of which is of the same Nature, and called by the Inhabitants salamander Cotton. As you are noted to be a Lover of Curiosities I have inform’d you of these, and if you have any Inclination to purchase them, or see em, let me know your Pleasure by a Line directed for me at the Golden Fan in Little Britain, and I will wait upon you with them. I am, Sir your most humble servant Benjamin Franklin P.S. I expect to be out of Town in 2 or 3 Days, and therefore beg an immediate Answer:
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) ran away from home at age 17 to work as a printer in Philadelphia and set off to London shortly thereafter. He worked as a typesetter near the Church of St Bartholomew-the-Great in Smithfield. The asbestos purse he gave Hans Sloane has remained in the latter’s collection to the present. He returned to America in 1726. Franklin became a noted scientist, writer, diplomat, statesman, and Founding Father of the United States of America (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin).
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