Benjamin Franklin Papers

From Benjamin Franklin to Genet, [1778 or after]

To Genet

AL: Library of Congress

Thursday morng.—[1778 or after]5

All the American Papers will be sent to Mr Genet this Evening. Mr Franklin sends the enclos’d four, for a Beginning.

Addressed: A Monsr / Monsieur Genet / Bureau des Interprêtes / Versailles

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

5. BF and Genet began exchanging newspapers and other information soon after the signing of the alliance: XXVI, 271n. This note could date from this or subsequent years.

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    Franklin Papers
    Title
    From Benjamin Franklin to Genet, [1778 or after]
    Author
    Franklin, Benjamin
    Recipient
    Genet, Edme-Jacques
    Date
    1778–1779

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    “From Benjamin Franklin to Genet, [1778 or after],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-28-02-0245. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 28, November 1, 1778, through February 28, 1779, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1990, p. 310.]

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