1From Benjamin Franklin to Alexander Gillon, 5 July 1779 (Franklin Papers)
Copies: Library of Congress, Harvard University Library I received the Honour of yours dated the 29th. past. The Zeal you show for the Relief of Carolina is very laudable: and I wish it was in my Power to second it by complying with your Proposition. But the little Squadron which you suppose to be in my disposition, is not as you seem to imagine fitted out at the Expense of the United States;...
2From Benjamin Franklin to the Abbé Morellet, [after 5 July? 1779] (Franklin Papers)
Reprinted from M. Lémontey, ed., Mémoires de l’abbé Morellet … (2 vols., Paris, 1821), I , 294–7; copy: American Philosophical Society Vous m’avez souvent égayé, mon très-cher ami, par vos excellentes chansons à boire; en échange, je désire vous édifier par quelques réflexions chrétiennes, morales et philosophiques sur le même sujet. In vino veritas , dit le sage. La verité est dans le vin....
3Toasts at an Independence Day Banquet, [5 July 1779] (Franklin Papers)
Copy: American Philosophical Society The anniversary of American independence, which fell on a Sunday in 1779, was celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic on Monday, the fifth of July. While back in Philadelphia the French minister plenipotentiary, consul, local officials, and visiting dignitaries were being hosted by Congress, in Passy Franklin was hosting Americans and French friends of the...