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Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Edme Jacques Genet, 1778 June 17.

Name:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Date:
1778-06-17
Description:
Versailles. Desiring him to reply to an English attack on the Declaration of Independence; if he is too busy, will write it himself. 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:
Versailles
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
Physical Location:
Ms. Coll. 900, Volume II Page 52
Collection:
Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)