Benjamin Franklin Papers: the Comte de Vergennes to John Adams, 1780 July 29.
Name:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Date:
1780-07-29
Description:
Versailles. Stating that all his offical communications must be made privately to Mr. Benjamin Franklin who alone is accredited to France for that purpose by the United States. Explains the passage in his letter criticized by Mr. Adams. L. 2p. In French. 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:
Versailles
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
Physical Location:
Ms. Coll. 900, Volume XI Page 15
Collection:
Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)
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