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Collection Reference Number GLC06877
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1700-1753 
Title Promissory notes no. 15, no. 16 to raise funds for Pennsylvania hospital
Date 1 May 1751
Author Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)  
Document Type Business and financial document
Content Description First American incorporated public hospital; no. 16 is signed in by Franklin; subscribers signatures excised as cancellation.
Subjects American Statesmen  Charity and Philanthropy  Finance  Hospital  Health and Medical  
People Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Health & Medicine; Banking & Economics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859