Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin, 1777 August 25.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1777-08-25

Description:

St. Eustache. Evacuation of Ticonderoga; Gen. Arthur St. Clair and Gen. Mathieu Alexis de Rochefermoy blamed. Howe's probable destination. Gen. Robert Prescott replace in Rhode Island by Gen. Sir Robert Pigot. L. 2p. In French.

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.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Geographic Subject:

St

Rights:

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

Notes:

See full finding aid at: https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_RBML_PUSP.MS.COLL.900

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume I, Page 39

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)