Benjamin Franklin Papers

To Benjamin Franklin from ——— Cox, [before or during October 1778]

From —— Cox

AL: American Philosophical Society

Saturday Morning. [before or during October,
1778]2

Mr. Cox presents his Compliments to Doctr. Franklin. Cannot do himself the Honor of dining with him on Thursday next, Mr. C. having determined to sett out, on Tuesday, for the South of France.

Addressed: His Excellency / Benj. Franklin Esqr: / Passy.

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

2. So dated because John G. Frazer, in his letter to Craddock Taylor of June 7, 1779 (APS), states that he and Mr. Cox of Philadelphia had been in the south of France in October, 1778.

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    To Benjamin Franklin from ——— Cox, [before or during October 1778]
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    Cox, ——
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    Franklin, Benjamin
    Date
    April 1777 – October 1778

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    “To Benjamin Franklin from ——— Cox, [before or during October 1778],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-27-02-0627. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 27, July 1 through October 31, 1778, ed. Claude A. Lopez. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1988, pp. 671–672.]