Benjamin Franklin Papers

To Benjamin Franklin from William and R. Macarty, 13 January 1783

From William and R. Macarty2

AL: American Philosophical Society

Monday 13 Jany [1783]3 9 oClock. Morn

Mr & Mrs. Macarty present thier most Respectfull Compliments to Doctr. Franklin, and are Sorry they cannot have the honor of Dining with him to Day, being Engage’d; having only this moment Recieved Doctr Franklins polite Invitation of the 11th.

Addressed: Monsieur / Monsieur Franklin / Passy

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

2. William Macarty’s wife joined him in Lorient in September, 1781: XXXV, 482.

3. The only year since Mrs. Macarty’s arrival in which Jan. 13 fell on a Monday.

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    To Benjamin Franklin from William and R. Macarty, 13 January 1783
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    Franklin, Benjamin
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    13 January 1783

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    “To Benjamin Franklin from William and R. Macarty, 13 January 1783,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-38-02-0437. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 38, August 16, 1782, through January 20, 1783, ed. Ellen R. Cohn. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006, pp. 579–580.]