1From Benjamin Franklin to La Rochefoucauld and the Duchesse d’Enville, 25 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
AL : Bibliothèque municipale, Mantes Mr. Franklin rejoices to hear that Monsr. le Duc de Rochefoucauld, and Madame la Duchesse d’Enville, in whose Welfare he is much interested, are both on the Recovery. Art. 4. M. F. thinks the Error is in the Number of Districts, which ought to have been 24. Art. 9. Is also misprinted. It should have been that two Members are to be removed at the End of...
2From Benjamin Franklin to [the Duc de La Rochefoucauld], [after 7 June 1777] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Yale University Library Excuse if you can my detaining these Papers so long. My Time every day is devoured by Applications of Officers and People who would go to America. We have no certain Account of the Arrival of the Amphitrite. We fear she has been destroyed by the English with all on board; as they give us in the Papers an Account of their having blown up a French Ship of 24 Guns...
3From Benjamin Franklin to [La Rochefoucauld], 17 November 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Bibliothèque Municipale de Besançon I return the Carolina Constitution which I have carefully perused. I have the Pleasure to inform you that the Amphitrite is arrived at l’Orient from Charlestown, which she left the 21st of September. She has brought us a good Cargo of Rice and Indigo, but no News, except that one of our Fregates in a Cruize of 5 Days from that Port had brought in 4...
4From Benjamin Franklin to [La Rochefoucauld], [18 December? 1777] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Bibliothèque municipale de Mantes I return the Letters, having in one mark’d with Crayon the Parts I think of most Importance; and in the other with Ink the Parts that ought not to be translated. Perhaps Abridgements would be better than Translations. I leave them to your Judgement. I am with the greatest Respect your Grace’s most obedient humble Servant See the first note on the...
5From Benjamin Franklin to La Rochefoucauld, 14 January 1778 (Franklin Papers)
AL : Bibliothèque municipale, Mantes Mr. Franklin presents his respectful Compliments to M. the Duke of Rochefoucauld; with Thanks for his Care of the Pacquet. The English Gazette which came yesterday gives a particular Account of the taking of those petty Forts about the Time you mention. ’Tis a wonder they held out so long. After sustaining a Days continual Battery from the Cannon of the...
6From Benjamin Franklin to La Rochefoucauld, 21 January 1778 (Franklin Papers)
AL : Bibliothèque municipale, Mantes Mr. Franklin presents his Compliments respectfully to M. le Duc de Rochefoucauld. He will read and return as soon as possible the Papers mentioned. News is received this Morning from England, that a Vessel arrived from New York, which Place she left the 16th of December, brings Advice, that General Howe march’d out of Philadelphia the 5th, drove in G....
7From Benjamin Franklin to La Rochefoucauld, [29 January? 1778] (Franklin Papers)
AL : Bibliothèque municipale, Mantes Mr. Franklin presents his respectful Compliments to M. le Duc de Rochefoucauld. He would with Pleasure send the Copies desired by Made. la Duchesse, if he had them; but he has none. He sends however to M. le Duc an English Copy, and a manuscript French Translation which one of his Friends began to correct but did not finish. If it is thought worth printing...
8From Benjamin Franklin to La Rochefoucauld, 6 February 1778 (Franklin Papers)
AL : Bibliothèque municipale, Mantes Mr. Franklin presents his Respects to M. le Duc de Rochefoucauld, with many Thanks for the Pains he has taken, and the Improvements he has made in the Translation. Mr. F. has only one Doubt, which is of the Word habilité in the 2d Article, put for the English Industry: He perceives that Industrie in French has not precisely the same Meaning. And If habilité...
9From Benjamin Franklin to La Rochefoucauld, 8 February 1778 (Franklin Papers)
AL : Bibliothèque municipale, Mantes M. Franklin presents his Respects to M. le Duc de Rochefoucauld, and will, with his Grandson, have the honour of Dining with Made. la Duchesse d’Enville on Monday the 16th. agreable to her obliging Invitation. He will also mention it to Mr. Deane. M. Franklin will expect with Pleasure, the Honour intended him by M. le Duc, of taking a Breakfast with him to...
10From Benjamin Franklin to La Rochefoucauld, 12 February 1778 (Franklin Papers)
AL : Bibliothèque municipale, Mantes Mr. Franklin did not wish to give M. le Duc the Trouble of translating the Letter sign’d Amicus . He put it into his Hands, rather to have his Opinion of it, as it contains Observations on the French Funds, which M.F. does not understand. He thanks M. le Duc for sending him the Judgment of so able a Statesman as M. Turgot, which he returns enclos’d, as...
11From Benjamin Franklin to La Rochefoucauld and the Duchesse d’Enville, 18 February 1778 (Franklin Papers)
AL : Bibliothèque municipale, Mantes M. Franklin presents his respectful Compliments to Made. la Duchesse d’Enville, and to M. le Duc de Rochefoucauld. He sees clearly with them the Impropriety of his appearing at the Concert, under the Circumstances mentioned, and returns his Thanks for the Notice given him, which he shall observe. Our Advices from England are that Lord Chatham has had...
12Franklin and Silas Deane to the Duc de La Rochefoucauld, 3 March 1778 (Franklin Papers)
L : Bibliothèque municipale, Mantes Messrs: Franklin and Deane, present their respectful Compliments to the Duc de la Rochefoucauld, and shall be happy in the honour of his Company, tomorrow at Breakfast. 8. O Clock will not be the least inconvenient. In WTF ’s hand. The Duke was by now an old friend of BF .
13From Benjamin Franklin to [the Duc de la Rochefoucauld], 24 May 1780 (Franklin Papers)
Reprinted from Henry Adams, The Life of Albert Gallatin (Philadelphia, 1879), p. 24. I enclose the letter you desired for the two young gentlemen of Geneva. But their friends would do well to prevent the voyage. With sincere and great esteem, I am, dear sir, you most obedient and most humble servant, In answer to his mother’s letter of May 22, above. The enclosure is BF ’s letter to RB , the...
14From Benjamin Franklin to the Duchesse d’Enville and the Duc de La Rochefoucauld, 31 March 1781 (Franklin Papers)
AL : Bibliothèque Municipale, Mantes Dr Franklin presents his respectful Compliments to Madame la Duchesse d’Enville, & to Monsieur Le Duc de Rochefoucauld; he condoles with them most sincerely on the Loss of their excellent Friend M. Turgot, and mingles his Tears with theirs. As M. le Duc has interested himself much in the American Constitutions of Government, Dr. F. flatters himself that the...