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Lot 52
[FRANKLIN & HALL, as PRINTERS] Printed promissory note for Pennsylvania Hospital.
[Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin and David Hall, circa 1 May 1751]. A partly printed document without imprint on laid paper with partial watermark, accomplished in manuscript, the document a promissory note in the amount of fifteen pounds from Jos. Morris of Philadelphia to John Reynell, Treasurer of Pennsylvania Hospital, signed in ink by Thomas Cadwalader and Thomas Bond, the document numbered "12" in the margin and with various payments recorded on the verso through 1764. The document housed in a fine red morocco backed slipcase. 3 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches (9.7 x 15.8 cm). The note trimmed irregularly, probably when canceled, costing a few words.
A scarce printed note attributed to Franklin & Hall, printers for Pennsylvania Hospital, which received its official charter from the Pennsylvania legislature just ten days after this document was signed on May 1st, 1751. This form is very similar to two promissory notes for Pennsylvania Hospital recorded by Miller in Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia Printing, the first item 598 dated to about 1754 and item 724 used by the hospital in the 1760s.
C Private Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
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