Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Edmund Burke, 1781 August 15.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1781-08-15

Description:

Charles Street, London. Feels the calamities of the war and among them the discontinuance of his intercourse with Dr. Franklin; has desired his friendship for a long time. Concerning the reported application of Congress for the return of his friend, Gen. John Burgoyne, to captivity in America; appeals to Dr. Franklin not to suffer this injustices to take place. A.L.S. 3p. Printed in Burke's Speeches, II, p. 468.

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:

Charles Street, United Kingdom -- London

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume V Page 38

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)