Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Sir Joseph Banks, 1784 August 13.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1784-08-13

Description:

London. Presenting him with the gold medal struck by the Royal Society in honor of Capt. James Cook; acknowledging his gracious reception of Capt. Cook's Voyage, which was sent him by the King's direction. Experiments with balloons in England. A.L.S. 4p.

Language:

English

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 (correspondence)

Geographic Subject:

United Kingdom -- London

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume VIII Page 48

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)