Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Henry, 1778 August 23.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1778-08-23

Description:

Madrid. Ardent desire to enter the American service as engineer; account of his previous work; begs Dr. Franklin to help him. A.L.S. 3p. In French. A.E. by Dr. Franklin. "The Commissioners have no orders to send more engineers; when they have, his application will be considered."

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:

Madrid

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume II Page 84

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)