Correspondence to Benjamin Franklin from the Marquis de la Fayette, 1782 September 17.
- Description
- Paris. Annoucing the birth of a seven months' daughter-a new American citizen; likens this premature delivery to the premature outbreak of the Revolution; thinks of naming the child Virginia. A.L.S. 2p.
- Creator
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Form
- letters (correspondence)
- Date
- 1782-09-17
- Language
- English
- Geographic Subject
- France -- Paris
- Collection
- Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)
- Physical Location
- Ms. Coll. 900, Volume VII Page 44
- 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.
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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