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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC02437.04758
From Archive Folder	The Henry Knox Papers [0097] October-December 1790
Title	To the Executors of Dr. Benjamin Franklin's Will [copy]
Date	27 October 1790
Author	Williams, Jonathan (1750-1815)
Additional authors	Freeman, Constant (1757-1824)
Document Type	Legal document
Content Description	In this contemporary copy of a letter from Franklin's grandnephew Williams to executors of Benjamin Franklin's will, Williams is trying to obtain books from Franklin's library as part of his inheritance: "Being still without your answer to my repeated applications for the legacy left me by the late Doctor Benjamin Franklin, consisting of that part of his library particularized in his catalogue under the head of medicine, surgery, &c... I am instructed to give you notice of my intended appeal to the Laws, that you may possess yourselves of the catalogue and the books I claim before it is too late." It is noted on the second page of the letter that the original was been handed to Mrs. Jay, wife of John Jay, Chief Justice of the United States on 3 November 1790. Copied by Constant Freeman, Jr., 3 November 1790 in New York, New York.
Subjects	Revolutionary War General Death Estate Library Health and Medical Law
People	Williams, Jonathan (1750-1815) Freeman, Constant (1757-1824) Jay, John (1745-1829) Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
Place written	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme	Law; Health & Medicine
Sub-collection	The Henry Knox Papers
Additional Information	Williams, the son of Franklin's niece, was also a scientist, as well as a soldier and a merchant.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859

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