A handwritten letter with cursive writing, signed B. Franklin, this piece is an evocative artifact of Benjamin Franklin’s Letter to William Strahan. The text is faded and formal, referencing Parliament and ending with Yours, B. Franklin. A red circular stamp appears at the top of the letter.

Benjamin Franklin’s Letter to William Strahan

Benjamin Franklin’s Letter to William StrahanJuly 5, 1775Mr. StrahanYou are a Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction. You have begun to burn our Towns and murder our People. — Look upon your hands! They are stained with the Blood of your Relations! — You and I

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1775, Ben Franklin, Revolutionary War

Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry

Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Deathby Patrick Henry, on March 23, 1775, in Richmond, VANo man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I