Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Sir Joseph Banks on balloon experiments in France , August 30, 1783

Creator:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (creator)

Name:

Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820

Date:

1783-08-30

Description:

Letter to Sir Joseph Banks from Franklin at Passy with details about ballooning including Joseph Michael Montgolfier's invention and pleasantries concernign the future utility of balloons.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Purchased for the Penn Libraries in 1903

Subject:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence; Balloons; Aeronautics -- History

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

Letter

Geographic Subject:

France -- Passy

Rights:

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

Notes:

From the Benjamin Franklin papers held at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries. For a full finding aid see http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/pacscl/UPENN_RBML_MsColl900

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Box IX, item 31

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)