Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 3 — Letters to Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 3 — Letters to Franklin
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A collection of letters to Benjamin Franklin dated April 1778-December 1778.
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The collection includes: XII, 227. Bevos, to Benjamin Franklin, 1778 December 21. A.L.S. 1p. Paris. Had the pleasure of sitting between Franklin and the poet Rocher at dinner, the day they celebrated the Apotheosis of Voltaire. Is deputed by the Chamber of Commerce, at Languedoc, to ascertain the products of the United States; desires an audience for this purpose. (In French.)
IX, 51. Dupont, to Benjamin Franklin, 1778 April 16. A.L.S. 3p. Colmar. Has not the honour of being known to Franklin, but M. Voltaire, the genius of France, is an old friend of his father and M. Gérard knows his family well; desires to enter the American army. (In French.)
LXII, 107. Desrivières, Ferdinand. to Benjamin Franklin, 1778 April 22. A.L.S. 4p. Paris. He tells of his offer to go to Canada with three or four hundred men; of his literary efforts and Voltaire’s criticism of them; asks to enter the American service. (In French.)
LI, 85. Unidentified, to Benjamin Franklin, [1778 June]. Verses. 1p. Lines on the refusal by the Church authorities to hold a religious service over Voltaire’s remains. (In French.)
XII, 127. Bérenger, M. (Jean-Pierre), 1740-1807 to Benjamin Franklin, 1778 November 12. A.L.S. 2p. Lausanne. Desire of five young Genevese to settle in America; requests Franklin to aid them in this project, though they are provided for in a pecuniary way; considers the feasibility of establishing a Genovese clock and watch factory at Boston or Philadelphia. Hopes his opinion of the “Histoire de Genève” will coincide with Voltaire’s which he quotes. (In French.)
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Bequeathed to William Temple Franklin by Benjamin Franklin in his will of 17 July 1788. The papers were stored at Champlost, a country estate owned by George Fox who agreed to take care of them for William Temple Franklin. Temple took a selection of letters and documents to prepare an autobiography of Benjamin Franklin but died without returning to the United States of Americe. After his death on 25 May 1823, the manuscripts in his possession were discovered in London and eventually given to the Library of Congress. The remaining material at Champlost was formally bequeathed to Fox who in turn left the papers to his children, Charles Pemberton Fox and Mary Fox.
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Given to the American Philosophical Society in 1840 by Charles Pemberton Fox and Mary Fox. A second large grouping of documents were given to the Society in 1936 as a gift from Franklin and Nannie Bache.
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