Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg to the American Commissioners, [before 31 July 1778]
Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg6 to the American Commissioners
AL: American Philosophical Society
[before July 31, 1778]
Dubourg attendra vendredi 31e juillet Messrs. Franklin, Lée et Adams chez Esprit Libraire au Palais royal7 a deux heures precises, pour avoir l’honneur de les conduire en une maison du voisinage, ou on sera tres flatté de les recevoir.
[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]
6. BF’s old friend and former translator. This note was written on the verso of a letter from Genet of July 23 which, we are convinced from internal evidence, was to JA.
7. A bookstore specializing in new books: Almanach des marchands, pp. 369–70.