原文在這裏，郵局總長的名字在自傳中隻出現過一次，所以不知道他們是怎麽認識的

In 1737, Colonel Spotswood, late governor of Virginia, and then postmaster-general, being dissatisfied
with the conduct of his deputy at Philadelphia, respecting some negligence in rendering, and inexactitude
of his accounts, took from him the commission and offered it to me.

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• 可能的原因是，這個前郵局局長是富蘭克林的競爭對手，也出版報紙。裏麵的鏈接說，當時的郵局和報社是合在一起的 -小河石子- ♀ (71 bytes) () 09/02/2023 postreply 20:03:37