Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Robert R. Livingston, 1782 September 13.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1782-09-13

Description:

Philadelphia. Safe arrival of two vessels from Holland bringing the goods left by Commodore Alexander Gillon. Desperate need of money. Mr. Thomas Paine's work addressed to Abbé Raynal. Resolutions of Congress. A.L.S. 4p. In quadruplicate. Duplicate copy has a postscript. Printed in Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Wharton, V, 726.

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:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume VII Page 38-41

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)