To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan Williams, Sr., 31 January 1783
From Jonathan Williams, Sr.
ALS: American Philosophical Society
Nantes, Janry. 31, 1783
Hond sr
The bearer is the Honble. President Wheelock (in Company with his Brother) he is on a Benevolint Design & has the Best Recommendations, he wishes to Lay the Plan & his Credentials before you, for your Opinion or Advice.6
I take the Liberty to Recommend the above Gentm. to your Civilities as strangers in your City, which will ad to the many Obligations all Ready Conferd On Your Dutyfull Nephew & Most Hbe Servant
Jona. Williams
Notation: Williams Jona. Nantes Jany. 31. 1783.
[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]
6. Jonathan Williams, Sr., sailed to France on the same ship as the Wheelocks. The brothers reached Paris on Feb. 5: Leon B. Richardson, History of Dartmouth College (2 vols., Hanover, N.H., 1932), I, 205–6.