Fragment of Stone Foundation Wall

In letters from London, Ben Franklin told Deborah Franklin on February 27, 1760, that he had sent her two saucepans plated inside with silver instead of tinning, bought at Sheffield because he thought they would please her, and on July 13, 1765, he expressed surprise that the oven had been put up without Mr. Roberts' advice, since he thought she had his old letter of directions. A fragment of stone foundation wall supported the upper masonry wall that separated Franklin's first-floor parlor and study, and at the cellar level the stone wall separated two brick-floored storage rooms next to the kitchen.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · United States