Paris. Reasons which have induced him to contemplate emigrating to America; desires necessary advice and information. (In French.)
General physical description: A.L.S. 4p.
Dated Reading. Expressing anxiety for letters; stating the active preparations of the New Englanders for some secret expedition, and that a report was in circulation of the King's intention to draw the French from the Ohio. 2p. F. Manuscript. Mentions B.F. as chief cabinet councilor in Boston. (This letter might be addressed to a Mr. Gordon).
Relating to the militia; to the establishing of a Post of Tioga, and to the abvisability of concerting with New York and Massachusetts as to the raising of troops; eclipses; physician's fees; amount of linen, etc.
London. Is much concerned to hear of his illness. Has received his favor of October 21st, with bill drawn by order of the Managers for Promoting the Culture of Silk, and is glad the purchase he made was satisfactory. As the sum exceeds his disbursement the overplus will wait his orders. The truss was sent, is vexed that it did not came to hand, and must inquire what became of it. Franked: "B., Free, Franklin."
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Baltimore. Her husband, greatly impoverished through loans made to Madagascar, decided to absent himself from France during M. de Castries's unfavorable administration; the efforts he is at present making to regain a part of his fortune; expects his return from Madagascar in two months; meanwhile is living in strict retirement with her children; will reserve the rest of her story for their meeting. Introducing M. Borger. (In French.)
Curatorial no. 58.P.70. The most famous and the most frequently copied of all Franklin portraits is the "Fur Collar" painting of 1778 by Joseph Siffred Duplessis, the original of which is now at the Metropolitan Museum. Copies made from other copies are inevitably imperfect reflections of the original, and yet do reflect the spread of Franklin's fame and the eagerness everywhere for memorials of it. The Society's oil portrait after Duplessis is of this character. It may have been taken from a copy said to have been owned by the Pennsylvania Hospital circa 1850 but now unlocated, or it may have been made from Thomas B. Welch's copy of that picture made for the City of Philadelphia in 1855.
Paris. Concerning certain parcels addressed to Dr. Franklin and others by Major [Samuel] White. (In French.)
General physical description: L. in 3d P. 1p.
Alligny. Asking that the enclosed letter may be forwarded to his friend, Vaillant, in Philadelphia. (In French.)
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