Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Sir Joseph Banks, 1783 August 25.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1783-08-25

Description:

London. Sorry that his copy of the Transactions of the Royal Society has been delayed; the Society anxious to hear of the balloon experiments of M. Joseph Michel Montgolfier and his competitor. Gen. Washington compare to Cincinnatus. Hopes that Dr. Franklin can soon leave politics for philosophy. A.L.S. 3p.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Bequeathed by Benjamin Franklin to his grandson William Temple Franklin. Bequeathed by William Temple Franklin to George Fox who in turn passed on possession to his children, Charles and Mary. Found at the Fox family estate at Champlost in a stable loft by Mrs. Holbrook around 1862 and given to her by Eliza Fox subsequently. Sold by her son George O. Holbrook to a committee of friends of the University of Pennsylvania Library in 1903 and gifted by them to the University the same year.

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

letters (correspondence)

Geographic Subject:

United Kingdom -- London

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume VIII Page 27

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)