Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Comte de Vergennes, 1780 July 31.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1780-07-31

Description:

Versailles. Concering the correspondence between himself and Mr. John Adams; desires it transmitted to Congress in order that they may judge of Mr. Adams's fitness for his present delicate mission. L.S. 1p. In French. Copy.

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)

Geographic Subject:

Versailles

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume IV Page 47

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)