Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from François Félix Nogaret, 1782 May.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1782-05

Description:

Desiring Dr. Franklin to support his application for the position of reader to the Duc de Berry; enclosing a copy of a letter from M. Amelot to the Marquis de Sérent endorsing his request. 1p. A.L.S. 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.

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Letters

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume VI Page 35-36

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)