1724 - Franklin's first voyage, to England.

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=185 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="040b9c00dduajq.jpg"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="70" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="66"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="66" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Sequence of Franklin's Transatlantic voyages</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1724 - PA to London</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id165.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1726 Diary of Franklins return passage "><U><B>1726 - Gravesend to PA</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id168.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1757 Franklin takes the packet to Falmo"><U><B>1757 - Packet to Falmouth</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Falmouth Packet Archives 1688-1850</B></FONT>    |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Falmouth Packet Archives 16881850"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <B>1724 - Franklin's first voyage, to England.</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id165.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1726 Diary of Franklins return passage "><U>1726 - Diary of Franklin's return passage to PA</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id168.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1757 Franklin takes the packet to Falmo"><U>1757 - Franklin takes the packet to Falmouth (England)</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id167.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1762 Franklin sails to PA in convoy"><U>1762 - Franklin sails to PA in convoy</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id176.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="March 1775 Franklin Leaves England for "><U>March 1775 - Franklin Leaves England for PA</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id177.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1764 Franklin sails, PA to Portsmouth ("><U>1764 - Franklin sails, PA to Portsmouth (Nov-Dec) </U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id178.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nov. 1776: Franklin sails to France on R"><U>Nov. 1776: Franklin sails to France on 'REPRISAL'</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id166.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1785 Franklin returns from France to Ph"><U>1785 - Franklin returns from France to Philadelphia</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id180.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Franklins correspondence"><U>Franklin's correspondence</U></A></div> <div> 1724 - Franklin's first voyage, to England.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Please note: The following includes excerpts published with consent from Independence Hall Association (IHA)</B></div> <div> <B>of Philadelphia, owners of</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/index."><U>The Electric Franklin</U></A>.  </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" >See</FONT> <A HREF="id114_you_have_our_permission___electric_franklin_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Site Visitor Correspondence"><U>30 November, 2000</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="1724___franklin_s_first_voyage_to_england"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1724 </B>         Franklin's first voyage to England</div> <bR> <div> "Governor Keith said he would set Franklin up in business himself. He induced Franklin to buy printing equipment in England, the inventory of the goods required came to £100. Franklin was bound to secrecy by Sir Keith, lest Keimer should hear of the plan. Together with three friends (Watson, Osborne & Ralph) Franklin formed a literary club while he waited almost six months to sail in the <I><B>Annis* </B></I> from New York. He left on November  5th and<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>arrived in London on December 14th, 1724</B>. Before departing, he became engaged to Deborah Read.</div> <div> *<I>Annis</I>: A vessel which sailed once a year from Philadelphia." <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >[Tomkinson, p.34]</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>