Benjamin Franklin Papers

From Benjamin Franklin to [David Salisbury Franks], 27 December 1781

To [David Salisbury Franks]2

Copy: Library of Congress

Passy 27 Decr. 1781

Sir,

I received the Letter you did me the honour of writing to me the 20th. Inst, that from Mr. Jay, which you mention to have inclosed, is not come to hand. I can therefore form no Opinion of Mr. Jay’s Reasons for wishing you to return to Spain, & cannot advise you in the Affair. If you do undertake that Journey, I request you would deliver the Dispatches & letters I committed to your Care, to Capt. Truxton of the St. James.

By this time you will have recd. my Letter of the 17th. which answers the remaining part of yours.

Accept my Thanks for your Information relative to Mr. & Mrs. Dericks & believe me with a sincere Regard, Sir, Your &c—

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

2. The recipient’s name was written at the top of a page in BF’s letterbook that was subsequently cut off.

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    Franklin Papers
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    From Benjamin Franklin to [David Salisbury Franks], 27 December 1781
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    Franklin, Benjamin
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    Franks, David Salisbury
    Date
    27 December 1781

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    “From Benjamin Franklin to [David Salisbury Franks], 27 December 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-36-02-0218. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 36, November 1, 1781, through March 15, 1782, ed. Ellen R. Cohn. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2001, pp. 317–318.]

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