(I) L : Library of Congress; copy and transcript: National Archives; press copy of copy: American Philosophical Society; (II) Copy and transcript: National Archives; press copy of copy: American Philosophical Society; copy: Archives of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide The independence of the United States presented the Holy See with the problem of how to minister to the needs of American...
2To Benjamin Franklin from Pamphili, 14 August 1783 (Franklin Papers)
L : Library of Congress M. Le Nonce a l’honneur de faire bien des complimens à Monsieur Franklin, et Se fera un devoir de faire passer par la premiere occasion à Sa Sainteté Le livre qu’il vient de lui envoyer./. Pope Pius VI. Doubtless the Constitutions des treize Etats-Unis de l’Amérique.