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From Benjamin Franklin to Edme-Jacques Genet, 2 October 1779

To Edme-Jacques Genet

LS7 and copy: Library of Congress

Passy Oct. 2. 1779

Dear Sir,

I received last Night, the two Pieces of Metal sent me by our good Friend Mr Bridgen, and handed to me by your Care. Please to accept my Thanks. If you can easily forward to him the enclosed Answer to his Letter,8 you will much oblige me.

With great Esteem, I am Dear Sir, Your most obedient & most humble servant.

B Franklin

M. Genet.

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

7. In the hand of WTF.

8. The preceding document.

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    From Benjamin Franklin to Edme-Jacques Genet, 2 October 1779
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    Franklin, Benjamin
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    Genet, Edme-Jacques
    Date
    2 October 1779

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    “From Benjamin Franklin to Edme-Jacques Genet, 2 October 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-30-02-0355. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 30, July 1 through October 31, 1779, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1993, p. 431.]

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