Correspondence from Benjamin Franklin to the Marquis de la Fayette, 1782 September 17.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1782-09-17

Description:

Passy. Pleased to learn that Madame de la Fayette has another daughter; recommends naming his children after the States, beginning with the oldest and running through the thirteen; hopes that such States as Massachusetts and Connecticut will change their names before they are needed; advantages of giving birth to seven months' babies. A.L. 2p. Press 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 -- Passy

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume IX Page 27

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)