Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Joseph Ange Comte De Saluces De Menusiglio, 1784 July 1.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1784-07-01

Description:

Turin. Application of keys to the harmonicas, by the Abbé Perno Piémontois; desires information on this point. The Academy soon to publish the first volume of his new works; begs Dr. Franklin to contribute. A.L.S. 2p. In 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:

Turin

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume VIII Page 46

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)