Correspondence from Benjamin Franklin to Sir Joseph Banks, 1783 October 8.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1783-10-08

Description:

Passy. Sending an account of two ballon ascensions; Messrs. Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Robert soon to make important experiments. A. Dr. of L. 2p.

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

Geographic Subject:

France -- Passy

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume IX Page 32

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)