Benjamin Franklin Papers: from G.S. Mumford to William Temple Franklin, 1782 August 12.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1782-08-12

Description:

Nantes. Introducing M. Le Grand Cannon and his companion, Mr. Russell. Concerning a letter from Dr. Franklin to Dr. David Hartley, containing a dialogue between some wreckers and a captain of a ship. A.L.S. 2p.

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:

France -- Nantes

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume XI Page 41

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)