Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Robert Morris to Silas Deane, 1777 June 29.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1777-06-29

Description:

Philadelphia. Expressing the greatest indignation at the conduct of the Commissioners in giving public letters to Congress, containing damaging accounts of his brother Thomas Morris's actions as an American Agent in France; does not deny the charges but resents the unnecessary publicity given the affair. Report that Dr. Franklin was willing to dismiss Morris in order to make a place for a nephew and a partner Jonathan Williams, Jr. L. 4p. Copy.

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:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume X Page 20

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)