Franklin, Benjamin, (1706-1790), American Statesman Diplomat Scientist and Philosopher

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Surname:	Franklin
Forenames:	Benjamin
Gender:	Male
Date:	1706-1790
Biography:	ODNB link for Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) American Statesman Diplomat Scientist and Philosopher
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P136251 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P10597 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Benjamin Franklin

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	corresp and papers	American Philosophical Society Library		See NUC MS 61-910
2	1747-94: corresp and papers	Historical Society of Pennsylvania		See NUC MS 60-1814
3	1766-88: letters (21) rel to British politics	University of Michigan: William L Clements Library	Franklin letters	See Guide, 1978, pp41-42
4	misc MSS	Strathclyde University Archives		See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993
5	1725-87: misc corresp	British Library, Manuscript Collections		See Index of MSS, IV, 1984
6	1774-82: corresp with Edmund Burke	Sheffield City Archives	WWM	NRA 1083 Wentworth Woodhouse See Copeland & Smith, Corresp of Burke, 1955
7	1760-75: letters (12) to Lord Kames	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD24/562	NRA 29367 Stirling Home
8	corresp with Granville Sharp	Gloucestershire Archives	D49, box 28	NRA 10000 Lloyd-Baker