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To Benjamin Franklin from ———, [on or after 14 October 1783]

From ———

AL: American Philosophical Society

[on or after October 14, 1783]9

Monsieur

Je crois devoir vous prévenir que Confiér les affaires de Mr Chaffert a de Baumont C’est a proprement dire donner la Brebis a garder au Loup ce dernier ayant fait cent Coquinneries dont quatre l’ont conduit en prison la derniére a la fin de juillet sans compter le courant Et notament des billets quil s’est fait faire par Chaffert soit disant pour Nouriture.

Mr le procureur de Roy du chatellet en expliquera davantage.

Je suis avec Respect

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

9. This anonymous tip can be dated only in conjunction with the letter immediately above, in which John Shaffer introduces his avocat.

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    To Benjamin Franklin from ———, [on or after 14 October 1783]
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    “To Benjamin Franklin from ———, [on or after 14 October 1783],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-41-02-0072. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 41, September 16, 1783, through February 29, 1784, ed. Ellen R. Cohn. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014, pp. 101–102.]