Marie Silvestre Grand to Franklin and John Adams, [1778?]
Marie Silvestre Grand2 to Franklin and John Adams
AL: American Philosophical Society
Ce mardi matin [1778?]
Mde Grand prie Messieurs Franklin et adams de venir prendre le thé cette a près midi chez elle mr le roi y sera et fera la parti du cher papa.3
Addressed: A Monsieur / Monsieur Franklin
[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]
2. Mme. Ferdinand Grand, whose last extant invitation to the commissioners had been in May, 1778: XXVI, 399–400. While the present letter may date from JA’s return to Paris in 1780, 1778 is the more likely date.
3. With Le Roy, “la parti” means chess.