Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Sir Joseph Banks, 1784 March 23.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1784-03-23

Description:

London. Movements of meteors; Dr. Sir Charles Blagden's general thoughts thereon. Sir William Herschel's observations on the planet Mars. Dearth of aerostatic experiments. A history of the construction of Eddystone Lighthouse soon to be published. A.L.S. 4p.

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

Geographic Subject:

United Kingdom -- London

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume VIII Page 43

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)