Benjamin Franklin Papers: Minutes of an Inquiry into the Conduct of Captain Pierre Landais, 1779 November 15-24.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1779-11-15/1779-11-24

Description:

Setting forth the charges against him, and the evidence presented by the defendant. D. 9p. Interlined by Dr. 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

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume X Page 78-79

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)