1To George Washington from Jacques Michel Guillaume Bénière, 29 July 1790 (Washington Papers)
We have learned that Franklin, the man of all nations, is no more —having enlightened them all, and in every species of knowledge, they ought to share in a loss, which is common to them all. The august Legislators of our nation have hastened to set the example; but the assembly of representatives of the Commons of the Capital believed it their duty to add to this universal mourning a new...