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From Benjamin Franklin to François Bordot, 11 March 1779

To François Bordot5

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Passy March 11 1779

Sir

I receiv’d your favours of the 27th past6 containing an Acct. of the taking of a strong English Privateer by the Courageuse. I am much oblig’d to you for the Information & have the honor to be &c.

M. Bordot at Rochelle

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

5. A former admiralty clerk at St. Pierre and Miquelon now interested in an American consulship: XXVIII, 44–5.

6. XXVIII, 625.

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    From Benjamin Franklin to François Bordot, 11 March 1779
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    “From Benjamin Franklin to François Bordot, 11 March 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-29-02-0066. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 29, March 1 through June 30, 1779, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1992, p. 95.]

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