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From Benjamin Franklin to Goudeman, 10 December 1777

To Goudeman

AL (draft): American Philosophical Society

Passy Dec. 10. 1777

Sir,

We consider M. Wuibert8 as one of our Countrymen. Hundreds of them are in the same Situation. We have propos’d to the British Court, thro’ their Ambassador here an Exchange of Prisoners in Europe. The Proposition was rejected with Insolence. We have no Interest with that Court to procure Favour. That Gentlemen may depend on our taking the same Care & Pains to procure his Liberty as for any other the most favour’d of our People. I have the honour to be Sir, Yours.

M. Goudeman

Notation: Goudeman, Paris 8 Xb. 77

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

8. BF inserted, then crossed out, “in the same Light.” Wuybert’s vicissitudes are detailed in the memorandum above, Nov. 30.

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    “From Benjamin Franklin to Goudeman, 10 December 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-25-02-0197. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 25, October 1, 1777, through February 28, 1778, ed. William B. Willcox. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1986, p. 268.]