To Benjamin Franklin from Joseph Caillot, 26 September 1780
From Joseph Caillot8
AL: American Philosophical Society
ce 26 7bre 80
Le Pere Caillot assure Monsieur franklin de Son Respect et de sa Reconnoissance; il ne peut pas Lui promettre D’aller le voir diner vendredy prochain a cause de versailles, Si caillot est libre il aura le plaisir de jouir du bon appeti de monsieur franklin. La petite Mere9 et son Enfant lui disent mille choses; toutes deux se portent a merveille.
Addressed: A Monsieur / Monsieur franklin / Pere / A Passy
8. The actor (1733–1816), who at this time was BF’s neighbor at Passy: XXVIII, 215n, 316. Retired from the Théâtre des Italiens in 1772, he continued to act and coach others in performances at court. In August he had helped the Queen and the comte d’Artois perform in several plays at the Petit Trianon: DBF; Maurice Tourneux, ed., Correspondance littéraire, philosophique et critique par Grimm, Diderot, Raynal, Meister, etc. (16 vols., Paris, 1877–82), XII, 427–8; Bachaumont, Mémoires secrets, XV, 303; François-Joseph Fétis, comp., Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique (2nd ed., 8 vols., Paris, 1875–89).
9. The nickname given Blanchette, his wife (XXVIII, 215–16n).