1Earl of Macclesfield: Speech Awarding the Copley Medal, 30 November 1753 (Franklin Papers)
“Whether he be Trojan or Rutulian, I shall regard him without discrimination.” Virgil, Aeneid,
Virgil, Aeneid,
3To James Madison from William Bradford, 12 August 1773 (Madison Papers)
In a footnote the Latin (Virgil Aeneid vi. 126) is translated to read:
4To James Madison from William Bradford, 4 March 1774 (Madison Papers)
Virgil Aeneid vi. 141–48, 203–11.
5To Benjamin Franklin from Rudolph Erich Raspe, 14 August 1777 (Franklin Papers)
, “fortune aids the daring”: Virgil, Aeneid,
6To Benjamin Franklin from Ingenhousz, 14 December 1777 (Franklin Papers)
“Funditur occidimus neque habet Fortuna regressum,” “We are fallen so low that fortune cannot turn again.” Virgil, Aeneid,
7To Benjamin Franklin from Samuel Mather, 24 June 1778 (Franklin Papers)
Virgil, Aeneid,
8To John Adams from James Lovell, 13 June 1779 (Adams Papers)
“I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts” (Virgil, Aeneid, II, 49). Lovell’s
9To Benjamin Franklin from Dumas, 22 June 1779 (Franklin Papers)
A garbled version of Virgil, Aeneid,
10C. W. F. Dumas to John Adams: A Translation, 3 September 1780 (Adams Papers)
The Latin is Dumas’ adaptation of Virgil, aeneid 4. 180-187, and reads: on swift wings would I fly on this very night, shrieking through the gloom mid-way between heaven and earth, nor would I let my eyes rest in sweet sleep. By day...