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1764. [FRANKLIN IMPRINT]. PENNSYLVANIA. Paper-Currency Emission 18 June 1764. 20 Shilling note. [Phila.]: Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1764. Very good. Rated 30 by PMG. With Franklin's currency motto, "To Counterfeit Is Death.
Pennsylvania Gazette. Numb. 1878 by [FRANKLIN IMPRINT] - 1764
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1764. [FRANKLIN IMPRINT]. The Pennsylvania Gazette. Numb. 1878. Phila.: Printed by B. Franklin, Post-Master, and D. Hall, December 20, 1764. 2 leaves, folio, 15-5/8" x 10". Disbound, some toning and foxing, else a very good copy. With The Pennsylvania Gazette. Numb. 1879. Phila.: Printed by B. Franklin, Post-Master, and D. Hall, December 27, 1764. 2 leaves, folio, 15-5/8" x 10". Disbound, some toning, old scorch mark affecting a few words on first leaf, else a very good copy. With The Pennsylvania Gazette. Numb. 1880. Phila.: Printed by B. Franklin, Post-Master, and D. Hall, January 3, 1765. 2 leaves, folio, 15-5/8" x 10". Disbound, some toning, small gouge in inner margin affecting a few words on first leaf, else a very good copy. With The Pennsylvania Gazette. Numb. 1881. Phila.: Printed by B. Franklin, Post-Master, and D. Hall, January 10, 1765. 2 leaves, folio, 15-5/8" x 10". Disbound, some toning, else a very good copy. Miller 814. Miller 842. Franklin's controversial appointment as Provincial Agent for the Assembly acting in London is the major topic in these issues. John Hughes, a member of the Assembly, wrote a letter in No. 1878 defending Franklin against William Smith's anonymous An Answer to Mr. Franklin's Remarks, on a Late Protest. Hughes challenged that if the author of the Answer would reveal himself and agree to pay 5 pounds to the Pennsylvania Hospital for every lie printed in that pamphlet about Franklin, Hughes would agree to pay 10 pounds for every truth printed therein. In No. 1879, there is a scathing unsigned reply to John Hughes challenge, accusing Hughes of being "not the Author of this Challenge, but only the Herald or squire of some dreadful unknown Giant or Knight, who would tear in Pieces the Author or Authors of the Answer to the Remarks, if they should venture to approach him." No. 1880 continues the controversy over Franklin's appointment as Provincial Agent for the Assembly. Another challenge is brought to John Hughes' claims in Issue 1878, but sidestepping his main point: that Franklin signed his Remarks on a Late Protest, but that the author of Answer to Mr. Franklin's Remarks did not give his name. "Poplicola," as the author of signs himself, is more intent on ridiculing Hughes's challenge than in resolving the "Differences between the Proprietary and the People," as he claims to.
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