8/7/2019 Ben Franklin on Older Mistresses http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/ben-franklin-on-older-mistresses 1/4 lettersofnote.comOlder mistresses are so grateful!! From the pen of Benjamin Franklin in 1745 comes a once-scandalous letter to an unnamed recipient (very possibly fictitious but rumoured to be Cadwallader Colden) in which he begins by suggesting marriage as the best remedy for the young man's sexual urges. In the event of marriage being out of the questi on for hi s fri end however, Frankl in then goes on to wri te an eight-strong li st detaili ng the advantages of an older mistress which, due to its "obscene" nature, resulted in its being omitted from published collections of his writings during the 19th Century. Tr anscri pt fol lows. I mages court esy of The Rosenbach Museum & Library, via the Leather Archives & Museum. Page 1 of 4 Older mistresses are so grateful!! | www.lettersofnote.com | Readability 3/1/2011 https://www.readability.com/articles/5boq3q4l
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Benjamin Franklin in 1745 comes a once-scandalous letter to an unnamed recipient (very possibly fictitious but rumoured to be Cadwallader
Colden) in which he begins by suggesting marriage as the best remedy for the young man's sexual urges. In the event of marriage being out of the
question for his friend however, Frankl in then goes on to wri te an eight-strong list detaili ng the advantages of an older mistress which, due to its
"obscene" nature, resulted in its being omitted from published collections of his writings during the 19th Century.
Transcript fol lows. Images courtesy of The Rosenbach Museum & Library, via theLeather Archives & Museum.
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