Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from the Continental Congress, 1776 December 23.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1776-12-23

Description:

Philadelphia. Resolved that the American Commissioners to France, furnish exact information as to Portugal's attitude towards America; orders to fit out vessels to prey upon British property; concerning a loan of 2,000,000 sterling. D.S. Charles Thomson, Secretary, John Hancock, President. 2p. Printed in Journals of Continental Congress, VI, 1035, Washington, 1906.

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:

manuscripts (documents)

Geographic Subject:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Rights:

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

Notes:

See full finding aid at: https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_RBML_PUSP.MS.COLL.900

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume I, Page 25

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)