From Benjamin Franklin to Sartine, 23 January 1780

To Sartine

Copy: Library of Congress

Passy, Jan. 23. 1780.

Sir

I beg leave to introduce Mr. Alexander4 by this Line to your Excellency, and to request that you would favour him with a few minutes Audience. With the greatest Respect, I am, your Excellency’s m. o. and m. &.

Mr. De Sartine

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

4. Undoubtedly Alexander John Alexander, who had asked BF to deliver memoirs to Sartine and Vergennes; see his letter of Dec. 14, above.

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Title: From Benjamin Franklin to Sartine, 23 January 1780
Author: Franklin, Benjamin
Recipient: Sartine, Antoine-Raymond-Gualbert-Gabriel de
Date: 23 January 1780

Reference

Cite as: “From Benjamin Franklin to Sartine, 23 January 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-31-02-0279. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 31, November 1, 1779, through February 29, 1780, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1995, p. 403.]

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