Benjamin Franklin Papers

From Benjamin Franklin to Francis Coffyn, [9 May 1779]

To Francis Coffyn

Copy: Library of Congress

[May 9, 1779]1

Sir

If one Nicolas Davis should come to Dunkirk, and Demand Assistances as an American in distress, I desire you not to give him anything, he having already defrauded us of great sums. I have the honour to be &

Mr. Coffin

1. In BF’s letterbook the present letter immediately follows two letters dated May 9 and precedes one dated May 10.

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    From Benjamin Franklin to Francis Coffyn, [9 May 1779]
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    Franklin, Benjamin
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    Coffyn, Francis
    Date
    9 May 1779

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    “From Benjamin Franklin to Francis Coffyn, [9 May 1779],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-29-02-0382. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 29, March 1 through June 30, 1779, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1992, p. 454.]

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