Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Madier, 1781 November 4.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1781-11-04

Description:

Beaucaire. Offering to send goods to the United States, to be sold at the same price as in France; encloses a memoir on the subject, 3p. A.L.S. 1p. 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

Geographic Subject:

Beaucaire

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume V Page 62-63

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)