Correspondence from Benjamin Franklin to Mrs. Elizabeth Partridge, 1779 October 11.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1779-10-11

Description:

Passy. An amusing account of French politeness and the agreeable manners of the French ladies. Bad print of the Boston newspapers. Sends her his miniature on china. 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 18

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)