Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Miss Bethia Alexander, 1782 June 9.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1782-06-09

Description:

St. Germain. Owing to the plague all the plans of the Philosophical Society of Toulouse are abandoned; Dr. Franklin therefore relieved from his part in the ceremonies. Reminds him of his promise to call on the Comtesse de la Marck. A.L.S. 2p. In French.

Language:

French

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:

St

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume VI Page 39

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)