Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Ferdinand Grand?, circa 1782.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1782~

Description:

If England's offer of peace is refused, means of continuing the war must be found; a fleet is needed; impossible for America to build one; France must do nothing which is not to her true interest; the approaching campaign would require twenty-four millon of French money. Terrible consquences of a union of the savages with the English. A. Mem. 1p. In French. A.E. by Dr. Franklin. "M. Grand. Points for conversation."

Language:

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 (correspondence)

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume VII Page 89

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)