Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from Baron d'Arendt, 1779.

Name:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Date:

1779

Description:

Wishes to be paid the 25 louis d'or promised him by Mr. William Lee, as per enclosed letter (copy, 1p.) for purchasing supplies; has overstaid his furlough from his regiment in Virginia, in order to discharge this commission; begs Dr. Franklin to give him a line explaining the delay. A.L. in 3d P. 1p. In French.

Language:

French

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

Rights:

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

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 900, Volume III Page 35-36

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)