To Benjamin Franklin from Daniel Roberdeau, 28 February 1783
From Daniel Roberdeau8
Two ALS:9 American Philosophical Society
Philade. Feby. 28th. 1783
Dear Sir
I cannot hardly refrain my concratulation although the great Event of peace has not been announced here. From experience of your good offices betwixt my relations & myself,1 permit me to ask the favor of an immediate conveyence of the inclosed. I am Sir Yr. most obt. huml. Sert
Daniel Roberdeau
Addressed: His Excellency / Doctor Benjamin Franklin / at the Court of France / Passe / Per Ship Nancy
Notation: Roberdeau 28 Feby. 1783.
[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]
8. A former politician and militia general (XVII, 81n; XXII, 378n), who had returned to his earlier career as a merchant: ANB.
9. The other of which is marked “Duplicate.”
1. See XXXIII, 47.