To William Strahan
als: New York Public Library
Philada. June 4. 1753
Sir

The above is a Copy of mine per Reeves. This is only to request you would send me here, the Quarto Abridgement of the Philosophical Transactions, except the first five Volumes which I have. Send me also Fielding’s Proposals for employing the Poor. In haste, I am Yours ut supra

B Franklin

All well. Mr. Hall out of town. The 5 Vols of Transactions I have, are abridg’d by Lowthorp and Jones.
Addressed: To  Mr William Strahan  Printer  London  Per the Carolina  Capt. Mesnard
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