Autograph Letter, Signed, Huske to Benjamin Franklin, regarding the establishment of a common paper currency for the American colonies

by Benjamin Franklin, John Huske

$7,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

2pp., folded 4to sheet. Docketed in red ink on verso by Franklin. Usual folds, remnants of a paper guard along the fold on verso. Item #378047 John Huske was a member of Parliament who followed his father in having a particular interest in American affairs; his father, Ellis Huske, preceded Franklin in the office of deputy postmaster for the American colonies. At a later date Huske became the Royal Agent for the collection of Stamp Taxes in

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