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To Benjamin Franklin from Mr. & Mrs. [Thomas?] Cologan, 12 June 1781

From Mr. & Mrs. [Thomas?] Cologan8

AL: American Philosophical Society

Tuesday 12th. June 1781

Mr & Mrs. Cologan present their kindest Compliments to Dr. Franklin & they shall have the honour to dine with him on Saturday next.—

Addressed: A Son Excellence / Son Excellence Le Dr. Franklin / Ministre Plenipotentiaire des E. U d’A. / en la Cour de France à / Passy

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

8. He is most likely Thomas Cologan, a merchant with ties to the Canary Islands: XXVII, 184, 553.

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    To Benjamin Franklin from Mr. & Mrs. [Thomas?] Cologan, 12 June 1781
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    “To Benjamin Franklin from Mr. & Mrs. [Thomas?] Cologan, 12 June 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-35-02-0114. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 35, May 1 through October 31, 1781, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1999, p. 153.]