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From Benjamin Franklin to Vergennes, 6 July 1782

To Vergennes

ALS: Archives du Ministère des affaires étrangères

Passy, July 6. 1782.

Sir,

The State of Maryland being the last that acceded to the Confederation, & therefore esteemed by some the least hearty in the Cause, your Excellency may judge, by the Sentiments of the General Assembly of that State, as express’d in their Resolutions which I have the honour to send you enclos’d,9 what Reception any Propositions made by General Carleton for a separate Treaty in America, are likely to meet with from Congress.

I am, with great Respect, Your Excellency’s most obedient and most humble Servant

B Franklin

M. le Comte de Vergennes.

Endorsed: M. franklin

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

9. The May 15 resolution which Livingston had sent BF with his May 22 letter, above. A copy is at the AAE.

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    From Benjamin Franklin to Vergennes, 6 July 1782
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    Franklin, Benjamin
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    Vergennes, Charles Gravier, comte de
    Date
    6 July 1782

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    “From Benjamin Franklin to Vergennes, 6 July 1782,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-37-02-0374. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 37, March 16 through August 15, 1782, ed. Ellen R. Cohn. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2003, p. 584.]

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