Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Delos, 1778 June 19.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1778-06-19

Description:

Strasbourg. The Government unable to co-operate with Capt. Jacques Le Maire, purchasing agent for the United States, without a letter from the Minister of War. Recommending a young officer, M. Marcellin, for a position in the American army. 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

Geographic Subject:

Strasbourg

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume II Page 55

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)