Benjamin Franklin Papers

To Benjamin Franklin from William Lee, 6 March 1778

From William Lee

ALS: American Philosophical Society; autograph copy: Virginia Historical Society

Chaillot March 6. 1778.

Sir.

I send you the keys of the Trunk containing the late Mr. Thos. Morris’s papers, which were forgot the other day.6 Please acknowledge the receipt that I may know they are safe. I wish very much to have an answer tonight, if it is convenient, to my Letter to the Commissioners relative to the Commercial Agents,7 as I want to finish that business so as to write by tomorrows post. I have the honour to be with the greatest respect Sir Your most Obedient and most Humble Servant

W: Lee

Honble Benj. Franklin Esqr.

Addressed: Honble Benjamin Franklin / Esqr. / Passy

Notation: W. Lee 6 March 78 to BF

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

6. March 4; see BF’s certificate of that date.

7. The preceding document; BF’s reply immediately follows.

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    To Benjamin Franklin from William Lee, 6 March 1778
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    Lee, William
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    Franklin, Benjamin
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    6 March 1778

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    “To Benjamin Franklin from William Lee, 6 March 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-26-02-0041. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 26, March 1 through June 30, 1778, ed. William B. Willcox. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1987, p. 61.]

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