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From Benjamin Franklin to Ralph Izard, 20 January 1779

To Ralph Izard2

ALS: American Philosophical Society

Passy, Jan. 20. 1779

Sir,

If the Promise I made you had not been before the Witnesses you mention I should nevertheless have fulfill’d it. I now repeat it under my hand. You shall have a Copy of the Letter I propos’d to be written to you, and some farther Reasons in Addition. I have the honour to be Sir Your most obedient humble Servant

B Franklin

To the honourable Ralph Izard Esqr

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

2. In answer to his of the same date, and written on its verso.

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    From Benjamin Franklin to Ralph Izard, 20 January 1779
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    Franklin, Benjamin
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    Izard, Ralph
    Date
    20 January 1779

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    “From Benjamin Franklin to Ralph Izard, 20 January 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-28-02-0334. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 28, November 1, 1778, through February 28, 1779, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1990, pp. 401–402.]

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