Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Mauger et Companie, 1781 August 20.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1781-08-20

Description:

Metz. Ready to ship a large amount of goods to the United States; beg that the French importation laws may be waived, in order to facilitate the shipment. Letter from Estris de Cornie endorsing this request. L.S. 3p. In French. Copy. A.E. urging that this request be granted. S. Benjamin Franklin.

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:

Metz

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume V Page 40

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)