Citation - Connecticut Courant: 1775.05.29

CC-H.775.055
29 May 1775:41 (544)
TO THE FRIEND OF HIS COUNTRY AND MANKIND, DOCTOR BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN, ON HIS ARRIVAL FROM ENGLAND, MAY 6th, 1775.
---Welcome! once more,
To these fair western plains--thy native shore;
Here live belov'd, and leave the tools at home,
To run their length, and finish out their doom:
. . . [12 lines]
[signed] Philadelphia, May 8, 1775.