RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

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Benjamin Franklin and John Foxcroft receipt (RLC.Ms.513)

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Scope & content

This collection consists of one receipt from Benjamin Franklin and John Foxcroft, deputy Postmasters General for North America, to Thomas Vernon (1718-1784), the postmaster of Newport, Rhode Island, from 1745-1775 or 1776. This receipt is for money received from Vernon on account of the post office for the American colonies.