Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 12 — Correspondence of and Works by Others.
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Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 12 — Correspondence of and Works by Others.
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Correspondence and works of various individuals, collected by Benjamin Franklin.
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Included in the collection is: XLVII, 88. Voltaire, 1694-1778. to Madame Duboccage, 1777 November 2. L. 2p. Ferney. Reply about his tragedy “Alzire.” Says he is not a genius but a man of 84 weighed down with infirmities, half poet and of philosopher. Will soon rejoin his old masters, Socrates and Sophos. Compliments Mme. Duboccage. If he desired anything now, would be to return to Paris to enjoy her agreeable society. His niece has been very ill also. (In French. Copy) [D20876].
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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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