Nov 01, 2001 - Sale 1912

Sale 1912 - Lot 78

Price Realized: $ 18,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
BUYING GUNS FOR SETTLERS DURING THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR<\t>FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Autograph Letter Signed, "B. Franklin," to Richard Peters, the secretary of the provincial land office, offering to pay for arms and ammunitions for a settlement on the western frontier during the French and Indian War. 1 page, folded 8vo sheet with integral address leaf; minor separations at folds.<\t>[Philadelphia], "Wednesday morn." [5 November 1755]

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