The earliest obtainable chart of the Gulf Stream, issued in Paris in the early 1780s at the initiative of Benjamin Franklin, incorporating the knowledge of Franklin’s cousin, Nantucket whaling captain Timothy Folger. This rare and fascinating chart represents the Gulf Stream as a great river within the sea flowing from.....
An account of the founding and initial operation of the first hospital established in the English colonies, with a revealing autograph letter of transmittal and solicitation to one Thomas Worth signed by Hospital managers John Smith and John Reynell. Written by Franklin at the request of the Hospital trustees, the.....
An engraving illustrating the maxims of Benjamin Franklin’s “Poor Richard,” published in Boston nearly a century after Franklin’s death and testifying to the enduring popularity of his almanac. Surrounding a portrait of “The First American” himself, with his name and the places and dates of his birth and death, are.....