Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Madame de Wesselow Cramer, 1781 December 10.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1781-12-10

Description:

Congratulating him upon the success of the American arms in Virginia. News of his grandson Benjamin Franklin Bache; question of his studies; gives him the same degree of care accorded to her own children. Concerning a position for Madame Dorcas Montgomery. A.L.S. 3p. 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

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume V Page 79

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)