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Sarah Franklin Bache (September 12, 1788 – October 6, 1863), married Thomas Sergeant (1782–1860), who later was appointed as an associate justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and postmaster of Philadelphia.
By addressing this letter to his only daughter (with whom he never corresponded about politics), leavening it with family lore, and feigning at the outset that his opinion “cannot be of much importance,” Franklin cloaked what was intended to be a public essay in a fictional veneer of privacy.
Jan 29, 2002 · I have before me your letters of Oct. 22, and Jan. 17th:6 they are the only ones I received from you in the course of eighteen months. If you knew how happy your letters make me, and considered how many miscarry, I think you would write oftener.
Mrs. Franklin sent her daughter to Governor Franklin’s in Burlington, and proceeded to make preparation for the defence of her castle. Her letter detailing the particulars may be found in the last edition of Watson’s Annals of Philadelphia.
Jan 19, 2002 · To Sarah Franklin Bache. ALS (letterbook draft): American Philosophical Society. London, Jan. 29. 1772. Dear Sally. I received your agreable Letters of Oct. 11. and Nov. 5. I met with Mr. Bache at Preston, where I staid two or three Days, being very kindly entertained by his Mother and Sisters, whom I lik’d much.
Jan 15, 2021 · Franklin’s daughter Sarah (“Sally”) Franklin Bache reported that some of the papers had been removed and that some were scattered about, but that they were safe as of October 1778: “The Chest of papers you left with Mr. Galloway Mr. B. went up about.
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Letter from Sarah Franklin Bache to William Temple Franklin. Complains that she has not received any letters for a twelve month; gives news of the family.
