Some Notes and Reflections Upon A Letter From Benjamin Franklin to Noble Wimberly Jones October 7, 1772

Bell, Malcom III [Benjamin Franklin] [Noble Wimberly Jones] [Agriculture]

Published by Privately Printed at the Ashantilly Press, Darien, Georgia, 1966

About this Item

Tall folio wraps. [2], half title, title page, 10 pages, [1[ page : "A Bibliographic Note", limitations page, [1]. Includes the pictorial letter signed by Franklin. Yellow stitched, printed wraps. Very light wear to the covers. Interior contents clean. Limited edition of 350 copies. Transcribed letter of Franklin opposite the the picture of the actual letter announces a "Change of Ministry in the American Department" and encloses a small "Quantity of Upland Rice from Cochin China" and "also a few seeds of the Chinese Tallow Tree." The letter is significant due to the loss of much correspondence was lost during the Revolution and a fire in Savannah. However, a package of papers survived and were given to Capt. Hugh McCall for use in publication of the "History of Georgia." This is one of those letters that survived and later returned to Wormsloe Plantation where Noble Wimberly Jones resided.

Seller Inventory # 32471

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Some Notes and Reflections Upon A Letter From Benjamin Franklin to Noble Wimberly Jones October 7, 1772
• Publisher: Privately Printed at the Ashantilly Press, Darien, Georgia
• Publication Date: 1966
• Binding: Wraps
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very good
• Seller catalogs:
  • American History
  • Agriculture
  • Georgia