To Benjamin Franklin from M. and Mme. de Saint Wast, 2 February 1777

From M. and Mme. de Saint Wast1

L:2 American Philosophical Society

2. fevrier 1777. Ruë st. honoré vis avis les jacobins

Monsieur franklin et monsieur son petit fils sont priés de la part de Mr. et Made. de st. Wast de leur faire l’honneur de venir diner chés eux mercredy prochain 5. fevrier.

1. M. de St. Wast had been a secretary of Louis XV and later, under Turgot, a tax official for the royal domain: Yves Durand, Les Fermiers généraux au XVIIIe siècle (Paris, 1971), p. 141; Edgar Faure, La Disgrâce de Turgot (Paris, 1961), p. 97. He and his wife were friends of Dubourg as well as Grand, and she sent BF dinner invitations on at least two later occasions, Feb. 16, 1778, and Nov. 26, 1781: APS.

2. In the hand of Ferdinand Grand.

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Title: To Benjamin Franklin from M. and Mme. de Saint Wast, 2 February 1777
Authors: St. Wast, Madame —— Modenx de
St. Wast, Madame —— Modenx de
Recipient: Franklin, Benjamin
Date: 2 February 1777

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Cite as: “To Benjamin Franklin from M. and Mme. de Saint Wast, 2 February 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-23-02-0170. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 23, October 27, 1776, through April 30, 1777, ed. William B. Willcox. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1983, p. 270.]