Pennsylvania Gazette. Numb. 1907 by [FRANKLIN IMPRINT] - 1765

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.

Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1759. First American edition (and the fifth overall). A collectible copy from America's first Renaissance Man. The Society of Friends commissioned 4000 copies of this pamphlet, and they hired Benjamin Franklin's printing company to do the work, seventeen years before Franklin would edit and then sign the Declaration of Independence. In addition to Franklin's many civic, diplomatic, and scientific achievements, he was a successful entrepreneur in colonial America-his printing company made him rich. "By these Things it is evident, that Christ's Baptism and John's are distinct; and therefore as what God hath joined, no Man ought to put asunder; so what God hath put asunder, no Man ought to join..." (p 12). 4-3/4 by 7-1/4 inches. iv, 5-43, [1] pages. First American Edition. Text block tanned and foxed here and there. Generally very good and complete in a mid-20th century binding of half calf and brown cloth. Outer joints cracking, but sound. Previous owner's… Read More

1754. [FRANKLIN IMPRINT]. Printed Promissory Note for Pennsylvania Hospital. [Phila.: Benjamin Franklin and David Hall, n.d., but circa 1754]. 4 x 6-3/8 inches. Scissored for accomplishment. Very good. MILLER 598 variant. These notes were found by Miller only in the holdings of the Pennsylvania Hospital itself. A rare survival of Benjamin Franklin's printing, this is a printed promissory note for the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital established in the British colonies in North America, and an institution of which Franklin was one of the founders. Franklin co-founded the hospital in 1751 with Dr. Thomas Bond and, according to Miller, the firm of Franklin and Hall printed several items for it, including this blank promissory note. This note is made out to "Jacob Brown of the City of Philadelphia Stove and Sickle maker," who agreed to pay "[Hugh Roberts] Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Hospital" "[ten pounds] current money of Pennsylvania" "by the First Day of April," binding himself, his heirs,… Read More

[FRANKLIN IMPRINT]. (PENNSYLVANIA). (PHILADELPHIA COUNTY). [Land Warrant]. By the Proprietaries. Pennsylvania, ss. Whereas Simon Ironberg . hath requested that we would grant him take up fifty acres of land more or less on big spring near the land of Mathias Speck in Allemingle about three miles from Jacob Levan's Land & Maxatawny Township. 27 January 1747. Nicholas Scull, Surveyor-general. This is copy of completed in manuscript with a signed statement and dated 11 May, 1811 testifying that it is a copy and that the original remained in the office of the Surveyor-General. Paper seal on the upper left margin. Printed form accomplished in manuscript, 13" x 8." Old fold lines. Very good. Miller A203 or variant. Not in Evans. Not in Bristol. Based on Scull's service as Surveyor General, this form was printed between 1748 and 1761.

[FRANKLIN IMPRINT]. (PENNSYLVANIA). (LANCASTER COUNTY). [Land Warrant]. By the Proprietaries. Pennsylvania, ss. Whereas Alexander Wilson . hath requested that we grant him take up two hundred acres of land situate in Paxtang Township whereon he has been 2 Years settled adj'd to Samuel Corkle & James Stinson. 7 May 1737. It directs Bartram Gilbreth [Galbraith?], Deputy Surveyor to survey this land and return to the office of the Surveyor-General. Benjamin Eastburn, Surveyor-General. Printed form accomplished in manuscript, 13" x 8." Old fold lines. Very good. Miller A103 or variant. Not in Evans. Not in Bristol. Signed by Jno Penn, son of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania. Eastburn's service as Surveyor-General was between 1733 and 1741, but this form was printed no later than 1737, when it was accomplished.

1730. [FRANKLIN IMPRINT]. GENERAL LOAN OFFICE. Know All Men By These Presents, That I...Am Held And Firmly Bound ...[caption title]. [Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin, 1730?]. Printed form, 12-3/4 x 8 inches, completed in manuscript and docketed on verso. Small red wax seal. A couple light spots and old fold lines, but essentially fine. MILLER 10 (ref). This partially printed mortgage bond is a very early Benjamin Franklin imprint, produced the first few years of the establishment of his printing office in Philadelphia. By this form, dated in manuscript 6 November 1735, Standish Ford, gentleman, of Moorland, Philadelphia County , borrows ?120 at 5 per cent per annum from the trustees of the General Loan Office of Pennsylvania. The trustees are identified in type as Andrew Hamilton, Charles Read, Jeremiah Langhorne, Richard Hayes, and John Wright. The document is signed in manuscript by Ford (beside the wax seal), and also by Charles Brockden and John Webbe as witnesses. Brockden was Recorder of Deeds… Read More

1730. [FRANKLIN IMPRINT]. By the Proprietaries. To Benjamin Eastburn, Surveyor General. [Philadelphia: Printed by Benjamin Franklin, 173-]. Single sheet, 7.5 x 12.25 inches, printed on one side. Completed in manuscript. Folds. Matted and framed. Very good. Miller 75. This is a variant of this early example of Franklin's printing, done in the first five years of his career. This land warrant form is signed by John Penn, eldest son of William Penn, and his brother Thomas Penn, co-proprietors, with their brother Richard, of the colony. It records the leasing of 200 acres of land "at the Head of the Doe Run adjoin'd to Robert Henry's and John Rinkin's Settlements" in Chester County to John Henry. The document, dated 12 July 1734, directs Benjamin Eastburn to survey the land. John Penn, the only child of William Penn, was proprietor from 1718 to his death in 1746. Thomas Penn managed his father's colony from 1732 to 1741. Eastburn was Surveyor General over roughly the same period, and has added a… Read More

1729. (FRANKLIN IMPRINT). Know All Men By These Presents, That I...Am Held And Firmly Bound...[caption title]. [Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin, 1729]. Printed form, 12-3/4 x 8 inches, completed in manuscript and docketed on verso. Small red wax seal. A couple light spots and old fold lines, but essentially fine. MILLER 10. Intellectual World of Benjamin Franklin, 9. This partially printed mortgage bond is a very early Benjamin Franklin imprint, produced within the first year of the establishment of his printing office in Philadelphia. By this form, dated in manuscript 13 October 1729, "Joseph Drinker of the City of Philadelphia Carpenter" borrows ?160 at 5 per cent per annum from the trustees of the General Loan Office of Pennsylvania. The trustees are identified in type as Samuel Carpenter, Jeremiah Langhorne, William Fishbourn, and Philip Taylor. It is docketed on the reverse. The document is signed in manuscript by Drinker (beside the wax seal), and also by Charles Brockden and William Parsons as… Read More

1742. [FRANKLIN IMPRINT]. (PENNSYLVANIA). The Charters of the Province of Pensilvania and the City of Philadelphia. [bound with:] Collection of All the Laws of the Province of Pennsylvania. [bound with:] An Appendix; Containing a Summary of Such Acts of Assembly as Have Been Formerly in Force within This Province.... Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, 1742 [i.e. 1743]. Three parts bound in one volume. 30;562; iv,24,xi pp. Folio. Near contemporary reverse calf, raised bands. Calf rubbed, worn at corners, early repairs to joints. Two bookplates on front pastedown, early ownership signatures on titlepage (see below). First titlepage and leaf Hh in second title with repaired tears. Occasional tanning. Very good overall. In a morocco-backed cloth clamshell case, spine gilt. Miller 288. Evans 5033. Sabin 59973, 59982. Hildeburn 755a-c. Campbell 237a-c. An important volume of the Charters and Laws of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, printed by Benjamin Franklin, for which he billed the Assembly… Read More

1742. [FRANKLIN IMPRINT]. (PENNSYLVANIA). The Charters of the Province of Pensilvania and the City of Philadelphia. [bound with:] A Collection of All the Laws of the Province of Pennsylvania. [bound with:] An Appendix; Containing a Summary of Such Acts of Assembly as Have Been Formerly in Force within This Province.... Phila.: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, 1742 [i.e. 1743]. Three parts bound in one volume. 30;562; iv,24,xi pp. Folio. Original suede, blind-tooled with fillet along spine edge and edges chamfered in blind, raised spine bands, paper spine labels in manuscript. Old waterstain to head of front free endpapers, early owner's name crossed off first titlepage, occasional tanning. Very good overall. Miller 288. Evans 5033. Sabin 59973, 59982. Hildeburn 755a-c. Campbell 237a-c. An important volume of the Charters and Laws of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, printed by Benjamin Franklin, for which he billed the Assembly ?261. The last complete edition of Pennsylvania laws had been printed in… Read More