An Anonymous Letter and Franklin’s Comment on It
Reprinted from William Temple Franklin, ed., Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D., F.R.S., &c.... (3 vols., 4to, London, 1817-18), II, 249-50.

An anonymous letter delivered to me at 9 in the evening May 20, 78. It seems intended to draw me out into those gardens for some bad purpose; as the person who pretended to have such urgent business with me has never since appeared; though (refusing to go out at that time of night) I appointed the next day at 11 o’clock.

B. Franklin

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