!REFERENCE: 1763, "London 1763. Eleutheria: one of a series of letters to a nobleman, on the most important and interesting subjects of duty and happiness. London: printed for W. Nicoll; and A. Braffett, bookseller in Newport, Isle of Wight, 1763.", [dead link follows], http://vialibri.net/552display/year_1763_05.html
!REFERENCE: 1763, "A. Braffett, bookseller in Newport, Isle of Wight ... We have been able to trace only one other with the name of the bookseller A. Braffett, a poem by William Sharp called Sincerity, also published in London in 1763", https://web.archive.org/web/20030523145904/http://...m/ximenes/B3277.html
!REFERENCE: 1763 "Title: Sincerity: a poem. Published: 1763. Publisher: printed for W. Flexney, near Gray's-Inn-Gate, Holborn; and A. Braffett, in Newport, Isle of Wight. ESTCID: N023258.", https://fleuron.lib.cam.ac.uk/author/sharp-william
!REFERENCE: 1760s, "There may be a connection with Abraham Braffett, bookseller of Newport, Isle of Wight in the 1760s, especially as there is a reference in 1832 to (another?) Joseph Braffett, brother of the late Mr Edward Braffett, ironmonger of Newport, IoW. Abraham was living in Paternoster Row, London, when he was the beneficiary of his brother Jacob's will in 1759 (a mariner).", https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=719932.0
!REFERENCE: 1816 The New Monthly Magazine, volume 6, page 465, "[We are assured by a correspondent that Mr. Braffett, of Newport, Isle of Wight, (not Brassett, as erroneously written in our last number; p. 367) was not the penurious and wealthy man there represented. “No will having been found,” continues our informant,” all his immense riches which fell into the hands of the heir-at-law, amounted to no more than 3 or 4ool, at the atmost."]", https://books.google.com/books?id=VDYaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA465