Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Rudolph Ernest Hartmann, 1778 June 15.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1778-06-15

Description:

Amsterdam. Requesting information about Baron Hermann de Zedewitz, who stole a quantity of gems from the writer, in London, and then fled to America; Zedwitz's subsequent career in the American army; since May, 1777, has heard nothing of him. A.L.S. 3p. In French.

Language:

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:

Amsterdam

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume II Page 51

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)