Benjamin Franklin Papers: from unidentified to Benjamin Franklin Bache, 1784 October 14 and 1785 July 2.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1784-10-14; 1785-07-02

Description:

Tailor's bill. Mem. 1p. Latter part torn off.

Language:

English

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 XI Page 59

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)