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Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from the Continental Congress, 1781 November 23, 27, December 3.

Name:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Date:
1781-11-23
Description:
Philadelphia. Resolutions allowing Marquis de la Fayette to return to France, appointing him American Agent there, and placing the European loan under the direction of Mr. Robert Morris. D.S. Peter S. Du Ponceau, Secretary. 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:
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
Physical Location:
Ms. Coll. 900, Volume V Page 75
Collection:
Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)