Relics of Benjamin Franklin
Published: 1924
Language: eng
Notes: "Consisting of the celebrated Duplessis miniature of Benj. Franklin, Sully's portrait of his daughter Sarah, and the portrait of Franklin's only son, Francis Folger Franklin, Franklin's high-case clock, chess table, bedstead, clothes press, silver tea caddy, his daughter's shoe buckles, and other relics, letters of Franklin, his daughter Sally, and other members of the Franklin family, letters and papers of Wm. J. Duane in reference to the controversy with President Jackson on the bank of the U.S. and relating to the estate of Stephen Girard, Hawthorne's manuscript of Tanglewood Tales, autograph letters of presidents, crowned heads, foreign and American authors and notables, bishops, Early American divines, generals, naval offices, etc."--T.p.

Lancour, 4685.

Lugt, 87077.

Place of sale: Philadelphia.

Date of sale: June 16, 1924.

Watson Library copy: partially annotated with names and prices.