Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from James Warren, et al., of the "Alliance", 1780 May 31.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1780-05-31

Description:

L'Orient. Asking for their wages and prize-money and requesting to have their ship sent back to America; begs to know the answer to Dr. Franklin's memorial to the Court of Denmark, concerning the prize-vessels. Regretting that Capt. Pierre Landais is deprived of his command as his offense, as charged, reflects seriously upon his officers. L.S. 3p.

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 XII Page 15

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)