January 25th Rare Autograph & Book Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/25/2024
Extremely rare portion of an ALS that contains over 25 words in her hand as well as the signature of Benjamin Franklin's wife, Deborah Franklin. The ALS fragment is 2" x 8". 1 tear minutely affects the "D" of the signature otherwise a fine and almost unobtainable signature of his wife who died in 1774. Mounted on a sheet that identifies the signer. Scattered light stains with bold ink.
Deborah Read Franklin (c. 1708 – December 19, 1774) was the common-law wife of Benjamin Franklin, polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
With One of a Kind Collectibles LOA
Extremely Rare! Deborah Franklin Autograph - Only Autograph oF Benjamin Franklins wife Deborah Franklin to ever come to market in the past 75 years!
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