Benjamin Franklin Papers

To Benjamin Franklin from the Duke of Manchester, [before 26 July 1783]

From the Duke of Manchester

AL: American Philosophical Society

[before July 26, 1783]

The Duke of Manchester’s Compts to Dr: Franklin and desires the honor of his company at Dinner Saturday the 26th: inst:3

Addressed: Doctor Franklin / à Passy

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

3. BF attended, or at least he planned to: BF to Livingston, July 22[–26]. The Duke of Manchester also sent a pair of invitations to BF and WTF, nearly identical in wording, for “Sunday next the 10th” (APS). This had to have been Aug. 10, the only such Sunday during the seven months of Manchester’s mission to Paris.

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    Franklin Papers
    Title
    To Benjamin Franklin from the Duke of Manchester, [before 26 July 1783]
    Author
    Manchester, George Montagu, 4th Duke of
    Recipient
    Franklin, Benjamin
    Date
    22–26 July 1783

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    “To Benjamin Franklin from the Duke of Manchester, [before 26 July 1783],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-40-02-0230. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 40, May 16 through September 15, 1783, ed. Ellen R. Cohn. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2011, p. 385.]

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