Letters on Smoky Chimneys

id
3791
origination
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
date statement
1762-1785
key date
1762
identifier (local_mss)
1070
org unit
Manuscripts and Archives Division
call number
(missing)
b-number
b14421953
total components
0
total series
0
max depth
N/A
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:51 UTC
updated
2026-05-15 13:57:41 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unitid
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unittitle
{"value"=>"Letters on Smoky Chimneys"}
unitdate
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physdesc
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date_inclusive_start
1762
date_inclusive_end
1785
origination
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bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was an American printer, author, statesman, and inventor.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>Volume contains two holograph letters, a printed title page, and a portrait of Franklin. First letter is to Sir Alexander Dick, January 21, 1762; the second is to Dr. Ingenhousz, August 28, 1785.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"accession_number"=>"MSS 89M60"}
{"date"=>"1896", "source"=>"Kennedy, John Stewart", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Kennedy, John Stewart, 1896"}
altformavail
{"value"=>"<p>Available on microfilm; New York Public Library</p>"}
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keydate
1762
prefercite
{"value"=>"Letters on Smoky Chimneys, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was an American printer, author, statesman, and inventor. Volume contains two holograph letters, a printed title page, and a portrait of Franklin. First letter is to Sir Alexander Dick, January 21, 1762; the second is to Dr. Ingenhousz, August 28, 1785.", "generated"=>true}
extent_statement
.15 linear feet (1 v.)
date_start
1762
date_end
1785

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