1From Benjamin Franklin to [Jean-Baptiste] Le Roy, [after 18 December 1778] (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft): American Philosophical Society M. Franklin requests M. Le Roy to tell him the Name of the present Governor of Dominique, who is the Husband of one of the Ladies where we din’d at Epinay.— Also the Name of the Gentleman at whose house we din’d, M. F. having forgot it— This note may well be linked to Christopher Baldwin’s letter of Dec. 18. Right after the conquest of Dominica by the...
ALS (draft): Académie royale des sciences, Paris Started between 1015 and 1028 in Romanesque style, the magnificent cathedral of Strasbourg underwent many transformations over the centuries. Around 1320, the intersection of nave and transept was marked by a Gothic construction resembling a bishop’s miter, hence called the Mitre . By 1365 the twin towers of the façade had been erected, and were...
3From Benjamin Franklin to Le Roy, [on or after 18 May 1781] (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft): American Philosophical Society Je vous envoye mon illustre et ancien cher Ami les nouvelles que j’ai reçues, non seulement de la Bataille entre le General Greene & le General Cornwallis, mais aussi celui entre les Amiraux des Touches & Arbuthnot. Les deux Actions paroissent avoir ceci de semblable, que ni l’un ni l’autre Parti avoit beaucoup a se vanter de la Victoire. Quand vous...