Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Pierre Landais, 1780 June 16.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1780-06-16

Description:

L'Orient. Has resumed command of the "Alliance;" sends a copy of his commission to show that he is within his rights; asks for orders concerning the arms on board the "Alliance;" offers to execute any commissions for Dr. Franklin in America. L.S. 2p.

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:

L'Orient

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume IV Page 44

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)