Benjamin Franklin Papers: Mercier to Jonathan Williams, Jr., 1777 October 21.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1777-10-21

Description:

Nantes. Expenses incurred for arms and repairs paid from money of the United States entrusted to him by Jonathan Williams, Jr. Mem. 1p. 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:

France -- Nantes

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume X Page 28

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)