Benjamin Franklin Papers

To Benjamin Franklin from John Adams, 12 December 1782

From John Adams

L:6 American Philosophical Society

Hotel du Roy, au Carrouzel, Decemr: 12th. 1782

Mr: Adams presents his Compliments to his Excellency Dr: Franklin, & requests the honor of his Company to dinner on Monday the 16th. inst. at 3. oClock.7

Addressed: Son Excellence / Monsieur Franklin. / Passy

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

6. In the hand of Charles Storer. JA issued a nearly identical invitation to WTF (APS).

7. Fitzherbert, Oswald, and Laurens attended JA’s dinner, among unspecified others: Butterfield, John Adams Diary, III, 96. BF and WTF received an invitation from Georges Grand for the same day (above, Dec. 11).

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    To Benjamin Franklin from John Adams, 12 December 1782
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    Adams, John
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    Franklin, Benjamin
    Date
    12 December 1782

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    “To Benjamin Franklin from John Adams, 12 December 1782,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-38-02-0323. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 38, August 16, 1782, through January 20, 1783, ed. Ellen R. Cohn. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 440.]

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