Notice and list of reduced-price books for sale by seller Saugrain. Includes Histoire des navigations aux terres australes (1756) by de Brosses and Mémoires de l'Académie Royale de Prusse (1768).; Hays reference #: Vol. 77, no. 77.
Letter in anonymous form giving the views of a certain lady on love as opposed to those of a certain gentleman {Franklin). She asserts that she is a follower of Plato, while he is an Epicurean and a disciple of Anacrcon. Platonic love is a convenient safeguard for the fair sex (beau sexe). Exculpates herself from the accusation of showing or giving copies to others of the gentleman's letters to her without his consent. Attributes his displeasure and bad humor to her refusal to accept his proposals of love. In French. In duplicate (see also: XLIII, 95).
Letter in anonymous form giving the views of a certain lady on love as opposed to those of a certain gentleman {Franklin). She asserts that she is a follower of Plato, while he is an Epicurean and a disciple of Anacrcon. Platonic love is a convenient safeguard for the fair sex (beau sexe). Exculpates herself from the accusation of showing or giving copies to others of the gentleman's letters to her without his consent. Attributes his displeasure and bad humor to her refusal to accept his proposals of love.
Cannot take breakfast with him. Is still weak and much affected by the disaster which has happened to the Bouffé house. The ladies of that house were her friends.
A.L.in 3rd.P. 1p.and end. In French. Forwards list of prizes offered for 1782 by the academy at Lyons. Cf. Minutes, p.112.
General physical description: 8-1/2x6-1/2
Found in secret drawer of box containing brass stencils bought in Bache sele, June 1947. Reproduced in A.P.S. Proceedings, v.92,no.2,p.93; Library bulletin for 1948, p.93.
General physical description: D. with ms. Notes, lp.
Other Descriptive Information: Original call number: B F85.9
From inventory description: Volume: Company Minutes, 1769-81 [sm; on spine: "THE / CARPENTERS / COMPANY / WARDENS / BOOK / FEB. 1, 1769 / TO / JULY 16, 1781"] Carpenters’ Company minutes of quarterly, annual, and special meetings, 1 Feb 1769 to 15 Oct 1781 {with Warden’s list of attendance and arrearages; receipts at rear; there is a gap in the minutes from 26 Apr 1776 to 23 Oct 1778}
Also contains:
Receipts, 30 Jan 1770 to 24 Jan 1780.
John Laurens asks Benjamin Franklin to send him the "intercepted letter[s]" so he can make "extracts" for George Washington.; American Philosophical Society
3 letters from Edward Shippen IV to Jasper Yeates. One letter is a copy of the last will and testament of Edward Shippen III of Lancaster. Also included is a receipt and a ledger of some kind.; American Philosophical Society
Lowrey Wister's account of her son's life and death. She writes of William Wister's birth and her concern of having too much attachment to him as she had previously experienced the death of an infant son. She continues to describe him as clever and discusses her attachment to him. Lowrey describes his illness. Lowrey carefully details his illness and her administrations.; American Philosophical Society
